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Douglas Costa
Brazilian footballer (born 1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Douglas Costa de Souza (born 14 September 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Série A club Fluminense. He is known for his dribbling skills, speed, acceleration, and crossing ability.
![]() Costa with Brazil in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Douglas Costa de Souza[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 33)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sapucaia do Sul, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Fluminense | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Novo Hamburgo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2008 | Grêmio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Grêmio | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2015 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 141 | (29) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Bayern Munich | 50 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Juventus (loan) | 31 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Juventus | 42 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Bayern Munich (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021-2022 | → Grêmio (loan) | 26 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | → LA Galaxy (loan) | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | LA Galaxy | 33 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Fluminense | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Brazil U20 | 12 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2018 | Brazil | 31 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2018 |
Costa started his career with Grêmio, before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2010 for a fee of €6 million. He won numerous trophies with Shakhtar, including a domestic treble in the 2010–11 season (Premier League, the Ukrainian Cup and the Super Cup). In 2015, he joined Bayern for €30 million, where he won two consecutive league titles. He was loaned out to Juventus in 2017, and won a domestic double with the club in his first season. On 7 June 2018, Juventus made his loan move permanent; he added another two consecutive league titles in his next two seasons with the club, as well as a Supercoppa Italiana title. On deadline day of the 2020 summer transfer window, Costa returned to Bayern Munich on loan.
A full international since 2014, Costa represented Brazil at the 2015 Copa América and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.