Danny da Costa explained

Danny da Costa
Full Name:Danny Vieira da Costa
Birth Date:13 July 1993
Birth Place:Neuss, Germany
Height:1.87 m[1]
Position:Right back/right wing-back
Currentclub:Mainz 05
Clubnumber:21
Youthyears1:1999–2001
Youthclubs1:Winfriedia Mülheim
Youthyears2:2001–2010
Youthclubs2:Bayer Leverkusen
Years1:2011–2012
Clubs1:Bayer Leverkusen
Caps1:6
Goals1:0
Years2:2011–2012
Clubs2:Bayer Leverkusen II
Caps2:2
Goals2:0
Years3:2012–2016
Clubs3:FC Ingolstadt
Caps3:86
Goals3:0
Years4:2015
Clubs4:FC Ingolstadt II
Caps4:2
Goals4:0
Years5:2016–2017
Clubs5:Bayer Leverkusen
Caps5:3
Goals5:0
Years6:2017–2022
Clubs6:Eintracht Frankfurt
Caps6:129
Goals6:9
Years7:2021
Clubs7:Mainz 05 (loan)
Caps7:16
Goals7:0
Years8:2022–
Clubs8:Mainz 05
Caps8:42
Goals8:0
Nationalyears1:2009–2010
Nationalteam1:Germany U17
Nationalcaps1:11
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:2010–2011
Nationalteam2:Germany U18
Nationalcaps2:6
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:2011–2012
Nationalteam3:Germany U19
Nationalcaps3:6
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalyears4:2012–2013
Nationalteam4:Germany U20
Nationalcaps4:6
Nationalgoals4:0
Nationalyears5:2013–2014
Nationalteam5:Germany U21
Nationalcaps5:5
Nationalgoals5:1
Club-Update:21 May 2024

Danny Vieira da Costa (born 13 July 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back or right wing-back for Bundesliga club Mainz 05.

Club career

Early career

With his club having already advanced to the knockout stage of the Europa League, the 17-year-old da Costa made his Leverkusen debut as a second-half substitute against Atlético Madrid, coming on for Gonzalo Castro.[2] [3] [4] da Costa made his Bundesliga debut on 24 September 2011, facing off against Bayern Munich and the manager who gave him his debut, Jupp Heynckes. da Costa would go on to make 6 appearances in the Bundesliga, as well as one in the Champions League, coming against Barcelona in the first round of the knockout stage..

FC Ingolstadt

In the offseason, da Costa secured a move to 2. Bundesliga side FC Ingolstadt, initially on a two-year loan.[5] da Costa made his club debut on 3 August 2012 against Energie Cottbus, and started the first two games of the season at right-back before being supplanted by Andreas Görlitz.[6] da Costa made his return on match day 7, coming on as a substitute against 1860 Munich. This led to a run of 13 consecutive starts for Ingolstadt, and da Costa finished the season having started 26 of their 34 games with his club finishing in the middle of the table. da Costa also made 26 starts in the 2013–14 season.

On 31 October 2014, in a match between the table leaders at the time, Ingolstadt and Fortuna Düsseldorf, da Costa suffered a leg injury in a collision with Lukas Schmitz, and had to be stretchered off.[7] The injury was severe − a fractured tibia[8] and put his career in jeopardy. da Costa made his competitive return in the DFB-Pokal against Unterhaching on 9 August 2015 in advance of Ingolstadt's first ever season in the Bundesliga.[9] da Costa appeared in the Bundesliga for the first time with Ingolstadt on 25 September, coming on as a late substitute in the 1–1 draw. He would make two more substitute appearances before earning his first start in the final match of the Hinrunde, a 1–0 loss to former club Bayer Leverkusen. da Costa started all but one match in the second half, as Ingolstadt survived their first season in 10th position. With three matches left in the season, football magazine kicker reported that Leverkusen would be exercising a buy back option on da Costa.[10] The news came days after the club announced that manager Ralph Hasenhüttl would not be returning, with Hasenhüttl eventually moving on to newly promoted side RB Leipzig.[11]

Return to Leverkusen

On 2 May 2016, da Costa officially returned to former club Bayer Leverkusen, with the move becoming effective 1 July.[12] da Costa was in and out of the squad during his lone season back with Leverkusen, making just three appearances in the Bundesliga. His lone start came against former club Ingolstadt, but he was substituted off at the half in favor of Wendell.[13] da Costa also made one appearance in Leverkusen's Champions League campaign, coming in the final day of the group stage against AS Monaco. He was one of seven changes from Leverkusen's previous Champions League tie, as they had already advanced to the knockout stage.

Eintracht Frankfurt

At the end of the 2016-17 season, da Costa signed for Eintracht Frankfurt.[14] da Costa sustained an injury in training prior to the fourth match day, a partial tendon tear which caused him to miss around three months of the season.[15] He made his return in their 2–1 cup victory over Heidenheim, coming on in extra time to provide the assist on Sébastien Haller's winner.[16] [17] Initially behind Timothy Chandler on the depth chart at right back, da Costa played his way into manager Niko Kovač's plans as he started the final 13 games of the season. Kovač lined da Costa up on the right and Chandler on the left, with fellow right-back contender Marius Wolf in the midfield.[18] On 3 March, da Costa scored his first senior goal, the only goal in a victory over Hannover.[19] da Costa featured in Eintracht's team that won the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal against Bayern Munich, playing the forward ball that found Ante Rebić for the winner. The trophy was the club's first since 1988.[20]

da Costa began the 2018–19 season in good form, starting every match of the season at right-back under new manager Adi Hütter. Hütter sought to implement a pressing style, one da Costa was familiar with from his time at Leverkusen under Roger Schmidt.[21] [22] On 4 October, da Costa scored the first and final goals in Eintracht's 4–1 win over Italian side Lazio in the Europa League.[23]

Loan to Mainz 05

On 22 January 2021, da Costa moved to Mainz 05, on a loan until the end of the season.[24]

Return to Mainz

On 29 April 2022, Mainz 05 announced the return of da Costa on a three-year contract, beginning on 1 July 2022.[25]

International career

Da Costa has represented Germany at U17 making 11 appearances,[26] U18 making six appearances and currently six appearances at U19 level.

In July 2014 he was asked to switch his international allegiance to Angola.[27]

After missing the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship due to injury, da Costa was included in the provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[28] However, da Costa did not make the final squad as Germany finished runners-up in the competition.

Career statistics

[29]

ClubSeasonLeagueDFB-PokalEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayer Leverkusen2010–11Bundesliga00002020
2011–1260001070
Total60003090
FC Ingolstadt2012–132. Bundesliga27010280
2013–1427030300
2014–1512010130
2015–16Bundesliga20010210
Total86060920
Bayer Leverkusen2016–17Bundesliga30001040
Eintracht Frankfurt2017–1817140211
2018–193421014210504
2019–2019141142374
2020–21601070
2021–221101020140
Total874111304101299
Mainz 05 (loan)2020–21Bundesliga160160
Mainz 052022–23Bundesliga23020250
2023–24Bundesliga19020210
Total42040460
Career total2404211344102969

Personal life

Da Costa is the son of an Angolan father and a Congolese mother, he lives with his family in Leverkusen district Opladen.[30]

Honours

Club

Eintracht Frankfurt

2017–18[31]

2021–22

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Danny da Costa . de . 1. FSV Mainz 05 . 4 March 2023 .
  2. News: Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Atletico Madrid . UEFA . 16 December 2010.
  3. Web site: Da Costas gelungene Feuertaufe . de . kicker.de . 17 April 2011 . 17 December 2010.
  4. Web site: Danny da Costa . de . fussballdaten.de . 2 October 2011.
  5. Web site: Danny da Costa wechselt nach Ingolstadt . FC Ingolstadt 04 . 3 July 2012.
  6. Web site: Da Costa hat die Nase vor Görlitz . . 30 July 2012.
  7. Web site: Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-0 Ingolstadt: Spitzenspiel sees defences on top . Vavel . 31 October 2014.
  8. Web site: Halloween horror for Danny Da Costa as he breaks shin . Vavel . 31 October 2014.
  9. Web site: Da Costa: "Die Beine haben früher schlappgemacht" . . David . Bernreuther . 12 August 2015.
  10. Web site: Leverkusen holt da Costa zurück . Harald . Kaiser . 28 April 2016.
  11. Web site: RB Leipzig bestätigt Verpflichtung von Hasenhüttl . Der Spiegel . 7 May 2016.
  12. Web site: BAYER LEVERKUSEN ZIEHT DIE RÜCKKAUFOPTION BEI DANNY DA COSTA. 5 May 2016. de.
  13. Web site: FCI CONTINUE RESURGENCE WITH VICTORY IN LEVERKUSEN . FC Ingolstadt . 18 December 2016.
  14. Web site: Da Costa unterschreibt bei der Eintracht. Da Costa signs with Eintracht. 31 May 2017. 31 May 2017. kicker. de.
  15. Web site: The Latest: Injuries and Partnerships . Eintracht Frankfurt . 14 September 2017.
  16. Web site: Eintracht reach DFB Cup quarter-finals with late win in Heidenheim . Eintracht Frankfurt . 21 December 2017.
  17. Web site: Haller schießt die Eintracht ins Viertelfinale . Hessenschau . 20 December 2017.
  18. Web site: Der Tempomann auf rechts . . Thomas . Kilchenstein . 16 February 2018.
  19. Web site: Danny da Costa header earns high-flying Eintracht Frankfurt all three points against Hannover . Bundesliga . 3 March 2018.
  20. Web site: Pokalsieg gegen Bayern - Frankfurt gelingt die Sensation . Sportschau . Olaf . Jansen . 19 May 2018.
  21. Web site: Hütters neue Philosophie: warum da Costa einen Vorteil hat . Onefootball . Louis . Richter . 10 July 2018.
  22. Web site: Europa League: High-flying Eagles stun Lazio to top Group H . Deutsche Welle . Chuck . Penfold . 5 October 2018.
  23. Web site: Frankfurt see off Lazio 4-1 in UEFA Europa League . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000436/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/05/c_129966045.htm . dead . 6 October 2018 . Xinhua News Agency. Me . Xuequan . 5 October 2018.
  24. Web site: Gjerulff. Rune. January 22, 2021. Official: Mainz seal da Costa capture. 2021-01-22. Bulinews. en.
  25. Web site: Mainz 05. DANNY DA COSTA IS RETURNING TO MAINZ. 29 April 2022. 22 July 2022.
  26. Web site: Danny Vieira da Costa . . de . 17 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718225754/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500117&no_cache=1&action=showPlayer&player=da_costa_danny&lang=D&cHash=6f83be1c28 . 18 July 2011.
  27. Web site: Angola extend their pool of talent ahead of Afcon qualifiers. 26 July 2014. 28 July 2014. Mark Gleeson. BBC Sport.
  28. Web site: Olympia statt OP . Donaukurier . Norbert . Roth . 3 March 2016.
  29. Web site: da Costa, Danny . de . kicker.de . 30 September 2013.
  30. News: Ein Eigengewächs startet durch . https://archive.today/20120903205932/http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1288741438302.shtml . dead . 3 September 2012 . Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . 24 February 2011 . 17 April 2011 . de .
  31. Web site: Bayern Munich 1-3 Eintracht Frankfurt. Whoscored.com. 20 May 2018.
  32. News: UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2018/19 Season. UEFA. 30 May 2019. 30 May 2019.
  33. News: 2018/19 Bundesliga Team of the Season. Bundesliga. 27 May 2019. 27 May 2019.