| Samú Costa | |
| Full Name: | Samuel de Almeida Costa[1] |
| Birth Date: | 27 November 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Aveiro, Portugal |
| Height: | 1.85 m[2] |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Mallorca |
| Clubnumber: | 12 |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Beira-Mar |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2015 |
| Youthclubs2: | Gafanha |
| Youthyears3: | 2015–2016 |
| Youthclubs3: | Palmeiras Braga |
| Youthyears4: | 2016–2019 |
| Youthclubs4: | Braga |
| Years1: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Braga B |
| Caps1: | 12 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Braga |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Almería (loan) |
| Caps3: | 35 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Almería |
| Caps4: | 70 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Mallorca |
| Caps5: | 34 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Portugal U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Portugal U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2022–2023 |
| Nationalteam3: | Portugal U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 5 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 7 July 2023 |
Samuel "Samú" de Almeida Costa (born 27 November 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Mallorca.
Born in Aveiro, Costa represented Beira-Mar, Gafanha, Palmeiras FC de Braga and Braga as a youth. He made his Campeonato de Portugal debut for the latter's B-team on 2 November 2019 in a game against Bragança.[3]
On 25 July 2020, Costa played his first match for Braga, coming on as a substitute for Pedro Amador in the 46th minute in a match against Porto.[4]
On 10 September 2020, Costa was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería for the 2020–21 season.[5] He made his debut abroad seventeen days later, starting in a 2–0 away win over CD Lugo.
Costa scored his first professional goal on 24 January 2021, netting the opener in a 2–2 home draw against CE Sabadell FC. On 11 June, after being regularly used, he was bought outright and signed a five-year contract.[6]
Costa helped the Andalusians in their promotion to La Liga as champions, and made his top tier debut on 14 August 2022, starting in a 2–1 home loss to Real Valladolid. On 23 September, he further extended his link until 2029.[7]
On 10 August 2023, Costa agreed to a five-year contract with RCD Mallorca also in the Spanish first division.[8]
Costa was part of the Portugal team that finished runners-up to Spain at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Armenia.
| Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Braga B | 2019–20 | Campeonato de Portugal | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||||
| Braga | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Almería (loan) | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |||
| Almería | 2021–22 | Segunda División | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 40 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | La Liga | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 105 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 113 | 3 | |||||
| Career total | 118 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 4 | |||