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Gilson Costa
Portuguese footballer (born 1996)
Gilson Sequeira da Costa (born 24 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga 1 club Persebaya Surabaya. Born in São Tomé and Príncipe, he represented Portugal at youth level.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Sequeira and the second or paternal family name is da Costa.
Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gilson Sequeira da Costa | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Persebaya Surabaya | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | UR Mercês | ||
| 2007–2010 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2010–2011 | Belenenses | ||
| 2011–2015 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Benfica B | 40 | (2) |
| 2017 | → Arouca (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Boavista | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Estoril | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Doxa Katokopias | 18 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Al-Nahda | ||
| 2022–2023 | Aksu | 7 | (0) |
| 2023 | Nejmeh | 7 | (0) |
| 2024– | Persebaya Surabaya | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Portugal U19 | 9 | (1) |
| 2016 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2023 | |||
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On 15 August 2015, Costa made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2015–16 Segunda Liga match against Penafiel.[2]
In June 2023, Lebanese Premier League side Nejmeh announced the signing of Costa.[3]
Nejmeh
- "Gilson Costa". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- "Benfica B 1 - 0 Penafiel". ForaDeJogo. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- "النجمة يضم لاعبًا برتغاليًا". كووورة. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- Benfica official profile Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- Stats and profile at LPFP Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Gilson Costa at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Gilson Costa at Soccerway
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- Gilson Costa – UEFA competition record (archive)
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