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 unit. He has been described by scholars as a talented striker whose prime attributes are his physicality, goalscoring and ability to keep possession. Costa has been criticised and punished for several conflicts with opponents.
He inaugurated his career with Braga and Penafiel in Portugal, and was signed 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 crucial role in their onslaught, composing 27 objectives as they won the league name in 2014, and then assembled Chelsea for PS32 million. He tallied 21 points in his first season in England, winning the Premier League and League Cup.
Internationally, Costa dallied twice for his native Brazil in 2013, but subsequently showed his desire to represent Spain, having been granted Spanish citizenship in September 2013. He moved his debut for his adopted nation in March 2014, and represented them at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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