Joe Costa
Joe Costa | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | Joseph Costa | |
birthday | 17th July 1992 | |
place of birth | Adelaide , Australia | |
position | attacking midfield | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
Doncaster Rovers SC | ||
Western Strikers | ||
Adelaide City | ||
2007-2009 | South Australian Sports Institute | |
2008-2011 | Adelaide United | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2009-2011 | Adelaide United | 1 (0) |
2011–2012 | Adelaide City | |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
2007-2008 | Australia U17 | |
1 Only league games are given. |
Joseph "Joe" Costa (born July 17, 1992 in Adelaide ) is a former Australian soccer player .
Career
Costa began playing soccer with the Doncaster Rovers in a Melbourne suburb, in the ages U-8 to U-12 he then played in Adelaide for the Western Strikers , then in the U-16 area for Adelaide City . In 2007, 2008 and 2009 Costa received a scholarship from the South Australian Sports Institute . In addition, although originally not part of the squad, he was regularly active in the 2008/09 season for the youth team of Adelaide United in the National Youth League , with which he reached the championship final (0-2 against Sydney FC ). In 2007 and 2008 Costa was a regular part of the Australian U-17 squad . In this context he took part in tournaments in Japan , Hilden , Germany and Los Angeles , United States . In July 2008 he won the AFF U-16 Championship in Jakarta with the team and was also successful as a goalscorer in a 6-0 win in the preliminary round against Indonesia.
In 2009, the offensive player received a professional contract with United and made his debut in the A-League at the start of the 2009/10 season in a 1-0 home win against Perth Glory . A cruciate ligament rupture in September 2009 prevented further missions , an injury that was repeated during a youth game in November 2010 and again resulted in a forced break of several months. His contract, which expired in mid-2011, was not renewed by Adelaide United and Costa briefly continued his career with his youth club Adelaide City in the FFSA Super League .
His younger brother Anthony also played for Adelaide United in the A-League in the 2013/14 season.
Web links
- Joe Costa in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ foxsports.com.au: SASI player plan (Oct. 4, 2007)
- ↑ sasi.sa.gov.au: SASI Highlights 2008
- ↑ sasi.sa.gov.au: SASI Highlights 2009
- ↑ footballwa.net: BIRIGHITTI MAKES AUSTRALIAN DEBUT (Aug. 13, 2007)
- ↑ footballwa.net: DUTCH TREAT FOR WEST AUSTRALIAN QUARTET (Aug. 7, 2008)
- ↑ footballwa.net: JOEYS PLAY ON DESPITE COACHES DEATH (Dec. 9, 2008)
- ↑ footballwa.net: JOEYS CROWNED ASEAN CHAMPIONS (July 20, 2008)
- ↑ theworldgame.sbs.com.au: Reds turn to local talent (June 3, 2009)
- ↑ ffa.sportalhosting.com: Season over for Costa (Nov. 16, 2010) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ adelaidenow.com.au: Adelaide City and Adelaide United forward Anthony Costa talks about juggling his soccer commitments for the FFA Cup clash (15 Sep 2014)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Costa, Joe |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Costa, Joseph (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1992 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Adelaide |