Douglas Costa

Who is this?

Douglas Costa de Souza (born 14 September 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian Serie D Group B club ChievoVerona. He is known for his dribbling skills, speed, acceleration, and crossing ability. Costa started his career with Grêmio, before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2010 for a fee of €6 million. He won numerous trophies with Shakhtar, including a domestic treble in the 2010–11 season (Premier League, the Ukrainian Cup and the Super Cup). In 2015, he joined Bayern for €30 million, where he won two consecutive league titles. He was loaned out to Juventus in 2017, and won a domestic double with the club in his first season. On 7 June 2018, Juventus made his loan move permanent; he added another two consecutive league titles in his next two seasons with the club, as well as a Supercoppa Italiana title. On deadline day of the 2020 summer transfer window, Costa returned to Bayern Munich on loan. A full international since 2014, Costa represented Brazil at the 2015 Copa América and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Career

1. 1990
   Born
2. 2008
   Joined Grêmio FBPA
3. 2009
   Joined Brazil national under-20 football team
4. 2010
   Joined FC Shakhtar Donetsk
5. 2014
   Joined Brazil men's national football team
6. 2015
   Joined FC Bayern Munich
7. 2017
   Joined Juventus FC
8. 2018
   Joined Juventus FC
9. 2020
   Joined FC Bayern Munich
10. 2021
    Joined Grêmio FBPA
11. 2022
    Joined LA Galaxy
12. 2022
    Joined LA Galaxy
13. 2024
    Joined Fluminense F.C.
14. 2024
    Joined Sydney FC
15. 2026
    Joined AC ChievoVerona

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Sapucaia do Sul
• •Citizenship: Brazil
• •Known as: association football player
• •Sport: association football