Diogo Costa

Diogo Meireles Costa was born in Rothrist, Switzerland, on September 19, 1999, and grew up in Santo Tirso, where he arrived at the age of seven. He joined FC Porto in 2011 to play for the Under13 team and has shown his quality at every level of the club's training programme. The goalkeeper had his first golden year in 2016, when he became national champion in Juniors for FC Porto and European champion for the national Under17 squad. In 2018, Diogo Costa again celebrated twice: he won the Premier League International Cup, playing for the B team of the Dragons, and became European champion in Under19, having played four matches in the tournament. Diogo Costa joined the senior squad in season 2018/19, when he won the UEFA Youth League, and has been a worthy heir to the 99 shirt. In 2022, he became the first goalkeeper ever to save a penalty and make an assist in the same Champions League match. At the same time, he overtook Helton and Acúrcio to become the goalkeeper in Porto's history with the most penalties saved. Owner and master of the national team's goal, he shone at the Euro 2024, when he saved all three of Slovenia's penalties in the penalty shootout of Round of 16, an unprecedented feat that put him in the world's headlines.