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Ricardo Costa

Portugal1981-05-1645 years
Most appearances forValencia114 recorded matches
Highest-scoring season20045 goals · Allsvenskan
Most goals against1. FC Köln1 goals in the match history
Most frequent opponentBarcelona7 spelade matches
Most starts alongsideCláudio Ramos59 starts together
Most goals in one match1 goalsPacos Ferreira – Boavista · 7 Feb 2020

Career statistics

SeasonTeamsCompetition
2003Örebro SKAllsvenskan6—2—————
2004Örebro SKAllsvenskan26—5—————
2005FC PortoUEFA Champions League32560——00—
2006FC PortoUEFA Champions League21360——10—
2007/08VfL WolfsburgBundesliga201 6952——80—
2008/09VfL WolfsburgBundesliga1187631431—
2008VfL WolfsburgUEFA Europa League63880——10—
2009LilleLigue 1107021——40—
2009VfL WolfsburgUEFA Champions League54500——10—
2009/10VfL WolfsburgBundesliga11—1——20—
2010PortugalWorld Cup21790——01—
2010/11ValenciaLa Liga292 4990——80—
2010ValenciaUEFA Champions League76301——10—
2011/12ValenciaLa Liga121 0110——40—
2011ValenciaUEFA Europa League53841——00—
2012/13ValenciaLa Liga262 1594——90—
2012/13ValenciaUEFA Champions League65400——10—
2013ValenciaUEFA Europa League97211——10—
2013/14ValenciaLa Liga201 7153——70—
2014PortugalWorld Cup21340——00—
2015/16PAOKUEFA Europa League109001——206,95
2015/16Granada CFLa Liga141 2501——707,01
2016/17FC LuzernSuper League332 8061——110—
2016/17FC LuzernUEFA Europa League21280——01—
2017/18TondelaPrimeira Liga322 8802——706,87
2018/19TondelaPrimeira Liga272 3441——726,7
2019/20BoavistaPrimeira Liga312 6291——606,88

Ordered by the first recorded appearance for each team, competition and season, oldest first. If a player’s match date is unavailable, the team’s match date or the season start is used. Missing data is shown as —.

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