Rute Costa

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Campos and the second or paternal family name is Costa.
Rute Costa
Personal information
Full name Ana Rute Campos Costa
Date of birth (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Barcelos, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 66
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Casa Povo Martim 1 (0)
2012–2014 Boavista F.C. 4 (0)
2014–2016 Clube de Albergaria 25 (0)
2016–2020 Braga 61 (0)
2020–2022 Famalicão 36 (0)
2022– Benfica 8 (0)
International career‡
2012 Portugal U19 1 (0)
Portugal Women's Beach Soccer 5 (0)
2017– Portugal 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 Feb 2023

Ana Rute Campos Costa (born 1 June 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Benfica of the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino.

Career

Club

Costa started his career at Portuguese Second Division's team Casa do Povo de Martim. In 2012, she moved to First Division's club Boavista. Two years later, she signed with Clube de Albergaria where she stayed for two seasons until 2016,[2] when Costa signed with S.C. Braga.[3][4] Costa was voted the 2017–18 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino Goalkeeper of the Season in June 2018.[5]

International

Costa represented Portugal at several levels, starting on 15 March 2012 in a 2-1 defeat against Wales U19 team.[6] She also played for the Portuguese women's beach soccer team. On 19 January 2017 Costa debuted for the Portugal senior team in a 1-0 defeat against Northern Ireland.[7] On 6 July 2017 she was called by coach Francisco Neto to represent Portugal at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, the first time the Portugal national team qualified for a women's football major tournament.[8]

On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[9]

Personal life

Costa played volleyball for her entire adolescence and she almost became a professional player. Costa is graduated in Sports science and has a Master's degree in her field of study.[4][10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ Costa, Sandra. "Rute Costa não sofre há quatro jogos consecutivos no Albergaria". Futebol Feminino Portugal. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Rute Costa renova com o SC Braga". SC Braga. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b Hilário, Frederico. "À conversa com… Rute Costa (Futebol Feminino SC Braga)". Última Barreira. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Ana Borges eleita melhor jogadora da época 2017/2018" (in Portuguese). Record. 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Portugal - País de Gales". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Portugal - Irlanda do norte". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  8. ^ "As eleitas para o Europeu". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  9. ^ updated, Mark White last (7 June 2023). "Portugal Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 23-player team named". fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  10. ^ ""O futebol feminino em Portugal está no caminho certo", diz Rute Costa, goleira do Braga e da Seleção Portuguesa". Torcedores.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  11. ^ Coimbra, Rodrigo. "Rute Costa: "O futebol feminino está a crescer e para mim é um privilégio fazer parte desse momento"". MSN.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.


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