 Da Costa withEintracht Frankfurt in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danny Vieira da Costa | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-07-13)13 July 1993 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Neuss, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mainz 05 | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2001 | Winfriedia Mülheim | ||
| 2001–2010 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2016 | FC Ingolstadt | 86 | (0) |
| 2015 | FC Ingolstadt II | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2022 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 129 | (9) |
| 2021 | →Mainz 05 (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2022– | Mainz 05 | 88 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Germany U17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Germany U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Germany U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Germany U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Germany U21 | 5 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 February 2026 | |||
Danny Vieira da Costa (born 13 July 1993) is a German professionalfootballer who plays as aright back orright wing-back forBundesliga clubMainz 05.
With his club having already advanced to theknockout stage of theEuropa League, the 17-year-old da Costa made hisLeverkusen debut as a second-half substitute againstAtlético Madrid, coming on forGonzalo Castro.[2][3][4] da Costa made hisBundesliga debut on 24 September 2011, facing off againstBayern Munich and the manager who gave him his debut,Jupp Heynckes. da Costa would go on to make 6 appearances in the Bundesliga, as well as one in theChampions League, coming againstBarcelona in the first round of the knockout stage..
In the offseason, da Costa secured a move to2. Bundesliga sideFC Ingolstadt, initially on a two-year loan.[5] da Costa made his club debut on 3 August 2012 againstEnergie Cottbus, and started the first two games of the season at right-back before being supplanted byAndreas Görlitz.[6] da Costa made his return on match day 7, coming on as a substitute against1860 Munich. This led to a run of 13 consecutive starts for Ingolstadt, and da Costa finished the season having started 26 of their 34 games with his club finishing in the middle of the table. da Costa also made 26 starts in the2013–14 season.
On 31 October 2014, in a match between the table leaders at the time, Ingolstadt andFortuna Düsseldorf, da Costa suffered a leg injury in a collision withLukas Schmitz, and had to be stretchered off.[7] The injury was severe − a fracturedtibia −[8] and put his career in jeopardy. da Costa made his competitive return in theDFB-Pokal againstUnterhaching on 9 August 2015 in advance of Ingolstadt's first ever season in theBundesliga.[9] da Costa appeared in the Bundesliga for the first time with Ingolstadt on 25 September, coming on as a late substitute in the 1–1 draw. He would make two more substitute appearances before earning his first start in the final match of theHinrunde, a 1–0 loss to former club Bayer Leverkusen. da Costa started all but one match in the second half, as Ingolstadt survived their first season in 10th position. With three matches left in the season, football magazinekicker reported that Leverkusen would be exercising a buy back option on da Costa.[10] The news came days after the club announced that managerRalph Hasenhüttl would not be returning, with Hasenhüttl eventually moving on to newly promoted sideRB Leipzig.[11]
On 2 May 2016, da Costa officially returned to former clubBayer Leverkusen, with the move becoming effective 1 July.[12] da Costa was in and out of the squad during his lone season back with Leverkusen, making just three appearances in the Bundesliga. His lone start came against former club Ingolstadt, but he was substituted off at the half in favor ofWendell.[13] da Costa also made one appearance in Leverkusen's Champions League campaign, coming in the final day of thegroup stage againstAS Monaco. He was one of seven changes from Leverkusen's previous Champions League tie, as they had already advanced to the knockout stage.
At the end of the2016-17 season, da Costa signed forEintracht Frankfurt.[14] da Costa sustained an injury in training prior to the fourth match day, a partial tendon tear which caused him to miss around three months of the season.[15] He made his return in their 2–1 cup victory overHeidenheim, coming on in extra time to provide the assist onSébastien Haller's winner.[16][17] Initially behindTimothy Chandler on the depth chart at right back, da Costa played his way into managerNiko Kovač's plans as he started the final 13 games of the season. Kovač lined da Costa up on the right and Chandler on the left, with fellow right-back contenderMarius Wolf in the midfield.[18] On 3 March, da Costa scored his first senior goal, the only goal in a victory overHannover.[19] da Costa featured in Eintracht's team that won the2017–18 DFB-Pokal againstBayern Munich, playing the forward ball that foundAnte Rebić for the winner. The trophy was the club's first since 1988.[20]
da Costa began the2018–19 season in good form, starting every match of the season at right-back under new managerAdi Hütter. Hütter sought to implement a pressing style, one da Costa was familiar with from his time at Leverkusen underRoger Schmidt.[21][22] On 4 October, da Costa scored the first and final goals in Eintracht's 4–1 win over Italian sideLazio in theEuropa League.[23]
On 22 January 2021, da Costa moved toMainz 05, on a loan until the end of the season.[24]
On 29 April 2022,Mainz 05 announced the return of da Costa on a three-year contract, beginning on 1 July 2022.[25]
Da Costa has represented Germany at U17 making 11 appearances,[26] U18 making six appearances and currently six appearances at U19 level.
In July 2014 he was asked to switch his international allegiance toAngola.[27]
After missing the2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship due to injury, da Costa was included in the provisional squad for the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro.[28] However, da Costa did not make the final squad as Germany finished runners-up in the competition.
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| FC Ingolstadt | 2012–13 | 2. Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 2. Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 86 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 92 | 0 | ||||
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14[a] | 2 | 1[c] | 0 | 50 | 4 | |
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14[a] | 2 | – | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 87 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 9 | ||
| Mainz 05 (loan) | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| Mainz 05 | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | – | 29 | 1 | ||
| Total | 88 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 100 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 287 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 350 | 10 | ||
Da Costa is the son of anAngolan father and aCongolese mother, he lives with his family in Leverkusen district Opladen.[30]
Eintracht Frankfurt
