Pedro Costa (footballer)

For other people named Pedro Costa, see Pedro Costa (disambiguation).
Pedro Costa
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Castro Brandão Costa
Date of birth (1981-11-21) 21 November 1981
Place of birth Arouca, Portugal
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Retired
Youth career
1993–1996 Arouca
1996–2000 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Boavista 5 (0)
2000–2001 Gondomar 27 (0)
2001–2002 Famalicão 20 (0)
2002–2005 Braga B 38 (0)
2003–2007 Braga 37 (0)
2007–2011 Académica 60 (0)
2011–2012 Arouca 4 (0)
2012–2015 Boavista 34 (0)
Total 225 (0)
National team
1996–1998 Portugal U16 12 (0)
1998 Portugal U17 5 (0)
1999–2000 Portugal U18 12 (0)
2001 Portugal U20 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Pedro Miguel Castro Brandão Costa (born 21 November 1981 in Arouca, Aveiro) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a right back.

Club career

A product of Boavista FC's youth system that still appeared with modest Gondomar S.C. and F.C. Famalicão in his early years as a senior, Costa joined top division club S.C. Braga in the 2002–03 campaign. He made his first-team debut on 26 April 2003, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 home loss against S.L. Benfica.

After only 37 league appearances for Braga in five seasons combined – he was also regularly played by the reserve team in the third level during his stint – Costa moved to Associação Académica de Coimbra for the 2007–08 season. Again mainly used as a backup with the Students, he appeared on both sides of the defensive sector when called upon, playing in a career-best with the professionals 22 games in his second year, as the team finished in seventh position.

In June 2011, after having appeared in 11 league matches during the season (13 overall), 30-year-old Costa left Académica and signed for F.C. Arouca in division two, where he started playing football as a youngster.

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