Diogo Costa
Portugal
GK
Age
26
Appearances
3
Clean sheets
0
About Diogo Costa
Diogo Costa is the Porto goalkeeper named in Portugal's final 26 for the 2026 World Cup, announced by head coach Roberto Martínez on 19 May 2026. He is 26 at kick-off, listed first in the goalkeeper group ahead of José Sá and Rui Silva, and brings 42 senior caps with zero international goals into the squad as of 15 December 2025. Cristiano Ronaldo captains the side that qualified out of UEFA Group F.
Costa is the Porto club captain and has come through the club's youth system, winning the 2018-19 UEFA Youth League and breaking into the senior side in 2021 aged 22 as Porto secured a second domestic double. His Primeira Liga Team of the Year selections in 2022, 2023 and 2025 sit alongside his Portugal senior debut in 2021 and a 2024-25 UEFA Nations League title with the national side.
Costa is the Porto club captain and has come through the club's youth system, winning the 2018-19 UEFA Youth League and breaking into the senior side in 2021 aged 22 as Porto secured a second domestic double. His Primeira Liga Team of the Year selections in 2022, 2023 and 2025 sit alongside his Portugal senior debut in 2021 and a 2024-25 UEFA Nations League title with the national side.
World Cup 2026 Stats
Appearances
3
Minutes played
270
Clean sheets
0
Goals conceded
1
Saves
9
Playing Style
Costa is a sweeper-keeper goalkeeper, distinguished by his technical skills and tactical intelligence, with exceptional reflexes for difficult saves in one-versus-one situations and against point-blank shots, composure in penalty situations, effective cross-collecting, and the comfort with the ball at his feet to distribute precise short and long passes from the back.
Born in Rothrist, Switzerland to Portuguese parents and relocated to Santo Tirso at age seven, he came through Porto's youth system. He was named UEFA Player of the Match in the round-of-16 win over Slovenia at UEFA Euro 2024.
Born in Rothrist, Switzerland to Portuguese parents and relocated to Santo Tirso at age seven, he came through Porto's youth system. He was named UEFA Player of the Match in the round-of-16 win over Slovenia at UEFA Euro 2024.
World Cup History
Costa has played at one previous senior World Cup. He was called up for the final 26-man squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar; on 25 November he played his first World Cup match, a 3-2 group-stage win against Ghana, becoming the youngest Portuguese goalkeeper to play in a major international tournament at age 23.
He played every minute of the campaign as Portugal exited at the quarter-final stage after a 1-0 loss to Morocco, where he misjudged a cross and Youssef En-Nesyri headed the only goal. The 2026 World Cup is his second senior World Cup under Roberto Martínez.
He played every minute of the campaign as Portugal exited at the quarter-final stage after a 1-0 loss to Morocco, where he misjudged a cross and Youssef En-Nesyri headed the only goal. The 2026 World Cup is his second senior World Cup under Roberto Martínez.
National Team
Portugal
Tier 2
£24m
📋 Teammates (25)
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Goal Rush Impact
Portugal sit in Tier 2 of Goal Rush at £24m within the game's £200m card budget. The Group K draw — DR Congo, Uzbekistan and Colombia — sets the early fixture window, with Martínez's confirmed 4-2-3-1 and a UEFA Group F qualifying win providing the team-slot context.
At player level, Costa adds a goalkeeper profile to that team slot. He is listed first in the three-goalkeeper group, with recent international context from a 2024-25 UEFA Nations League title and a UEFA Player of the Match award in Portugal's round-of-16 win over Slovenia at Euro 2024.
At player level, Costa adds a goalkeeper profile to that team slot. He is listed first in the three-goalkeeper group, with recent international context from a 2024-25 UEFA Nations League title and a UEFA Player of the Match award in Portugal's round-of-16 win over Slovenia at Euro 2024.
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Costa at the 2026 World Cup
Costa enters the 2026 World Cup with one previous World Cup at Qatar 2022, a 2024-25 UEFA Nations League title, and a UEFA Euro 2024 round-of-16 Player-of-the-Match award already on his international record. Martínez lists him first in the three-goalkeeper group, with José Sá and Rui Silva behind him.
Picking Portugal in Goal Rush
For Goal Rush, picking Portugal means committing to the Tier 2 slot at £24m, a second-tier band on the card. The Group K matchday window opens against DR Congo at NRG Stadium in Houston on 17 June, then Uzbekistan in Houston on 23 June, and Colombia in Miami Gardens on 27 June.
Diogo Costa World Cup 2026 FAQs
Portugal sit in Tier 2 of Goal Rush at £24m per slot, and Costa is listed first in Martínez's three-goalkeeper group. His matchday relevance comes from whether he holds that goalkeeper place across Portugal's Group K games.
Costa is a goalkeeper. He plays for Porto, where he is club captain, and lines up first in Portugal's three-keeper group, with a sweeper-keeper profile built on reflex saves, penalty composure and ball distribution.
Costa has 42 senior caps for Portugal with zero international goals as of 15 December 2025. The 2026 tournament is his second senior World Cup after Qatar 2022, and he won the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League with the senior side.
Costa plays for and captains Porto, after coming through the club's youth system and winning the 2018-19 UEFA Youth League. He was named in the Primeira Liga Team of the Year in 2022, 2023 and 2025.
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