Diego da Silva Costa, born 7 October 1988, is a professional footballer who toy as a striker for English club Chelsea and the Spain national team. He has been described by scholars as a talented striker whose main attributes are his physicality, goalscoring and ability to keep possession. Costa has been criticised and punished for several dissensions with opponents.
He began his career with Braga and Penafiel in Portugal, and signed off by Atletico Madrid in 2007. He was loaned back to Braga, and then to Celta de Vigo and Albacete before being sold to Real Valladolid in 2009. He returned to Atletico the following season and went on to play a key role in their assault, tallying 27 goals as they won the league entitle in 2014, and then connected Chelsea for PS32 million. He orchestrated 21 destinations in his first season in England, earning the Premier League and League Cup.
Internationally, Costa frisked twice for his native Brazil in 2013, but later proclaimed his desire to represent Spain, having been granted Spanish citizenship in September 2013. He drew his debut for his adopted commonwealth in March 2014, and represented them at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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