Gilson Sequeira da Costa (born 24 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Born in São Tomé and Príncipe, he represented Portugal at youth level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gilson Sequeira da Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 24 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | UR Mercês | ||
| 2007–2010 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2010–2011 | Belenenses | ||
| 2011–2015 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Benfica B | 40 | (2) |
| 2017 | → Arouca (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Boavista | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Estoril | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Doxa Katokopias | 18 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Al-Nahda | ||
| 2022–2023 | Aksu | 7 | (0) |
| 2023 | Nejmeh | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Portugal U19 | 9 | (1) |
| 2016 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 30 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
On 15 August 2015, Costa made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2015–16 Segunda Liga match against Penafiel.[1]
In June 2023, Lebanese Premier League side Nejmeh announced the signing of Costa.[2]
Honours edit
Nejmeh
References edit
- ^ "Benfica B 1 - 0 Penafiel". ForaDeJogo. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "النجمة يضم لاعبًا برتغاليًا". كووورة. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
External links edit
- Benfica official profile Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- Stats and profile at LPFP Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Gilson Costa at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Gilson Costa at Soccerway
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- Gilson Costa – UEFA competition record (archive)
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