Ricardo Valter da Costa (born 1 May 1981 in

Goiânia Goiânia ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian federative units of Brazil, state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region and the 10th-larges ...

) is a Brazilian

football player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who currently plays for NK Graničar Novakovec in Croatia.

Career

Ricardo played for

Atlético Goianiense Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

before joined

Zrinjski Mostar Zrinjski Mostar is a sports association from the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formed in 1905. Member clubs *Football: **HŠK Zrinjski Mostar *Basketball: **HKK Zrinjski Mostar (men's) ** ŽKK Zrinjski Mostar (women's) *H ...

in summer 2003. In 2005 he trained with

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

for two months, but the transfer fell through. After that, Costa had a short spell with

FC Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk (, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football came to the Donetsk region in the time of the Russian Empire when the industr ...

during the first half of the 2005-06 season. In January 2006, he was transferred to

NK Međimurje NK Međimurje is a Croatian football club based in Čakovec. The club is named after Međimurje, the region in northern Croatia where the city of Čakovec is located. The club plays their home games at the Stadion SRC Mladost, Čakovec, whic ...

and signed after one and a half years with

NK Široki Brijeg Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg () is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and plays ...

. After four and a half years in

Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

last with

, joined in January 2009 to SC Weiz, he played six months in the

Austrian Regional League Central The Austrian Regional League Central (''Regionalliga Mitte'') is the third tier of Austrian football, established in the 1994–95 season. It serves as one of three regional leagues at this level in Austria and encompasses the states of Carinthia ...

with the team, before signed for League rival

WAC St. Andrä Wolfsberger AC, commonly referred to as Wolfsberg or simply WAC, is an Austrian association football club from Wolfsberg, Carinthia, who currently play in the Austrian Bundesliga. Between the 2007–08 and 2011–12 seasons, Wolfsberger AC ente ...

in July 2009.SC Sparkasse ELIN Weiz
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References

External sources

Ricardo da Costa
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br) 1981 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Atlético Clube Goianiense players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players NK Međimurje players Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia NK Široki Brijeg players Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Footballers from Goiânia 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen FC Metalurh Donetsk players {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub