Hélder Costa (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2012 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Benfica B | 72 | (15) |
| 2014–2017 | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Monaco (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 25 | (7) |
| 2017– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | Portugal U17 | 18 | (4) |
| 2011 | Portugal U18 | 14 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U19 | 11 | (4) |
| Portugal U20 | 5 | (3) | |
| 2014– | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Portugal U23 | 1 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 July 2016 |
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Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa (born 12 January 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers.
He also has represented Portugal up to Portugal U23 level.
On 11 August 2012, Costa made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2012–13 Segunda Liga match against Braga B where he played 72 minutes as a winger.
His first professional goal came on 23 August 2013, in a 3–0 home win over Portimonense, one of eight that season including on 23 November in a 4–3 triumph against Oliveirense in which he was also sent off.
On 25 January 2014, he debuted with Benfica in a 2013–14 Taça da Liga third round match against Gil Vicente, playing the final 13 minutes of the 1–0 win at the Estádio da Luz as a substitute for Miralem Sulejmani; he played no further part as Benfica went on to win the tournament. On 5 November 2014, he scored a hat-trick in Segunda Liga against Olhanense in a home win (5–1).
On 19 January 2015, he was loaned to La Liga's Deportivo de La Coruña until the end of the season. He made six appearances for the Galicians, all from the bench.
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