Biography
The Brazilian midfielder Douglas Costa became known in Europe and the world after the National Club "Gremio" moved to the team of Donetsk Shakhtar. And now this player, characterized by a phenomenal starting rate, acts as part of the Italian Juventus and promotes honest football.Childhood and youth
The biography of a footballer, the full name of which sounds like Douglas Costa de Souza, began on September 14, 1990 in the Southern Brazilian municipality called Sapuky Du-Sul.
His mother, who was a hardworking hostess, said that during pregnancy, her baby did notice my legs, which was immediately clear - this is a boy playing football. And indeed, raising in the family of an auto mechanic and a fan, from 9 years old Douglas began to engage in the gym and got into the field of view of coaches after moving the family in Esteio.
In this city, the young Costa performed for relatively weak amateur teams, but still tried to demonstrate his own talent in public, and as a result, it was noticed by scouts from the Gremio Club.
Having honed in the youth and double, the skills of the left, right and central midfielder, the talented guy reached the 18 year old age and, signing the contract with the club in Porto Alegre, got into the main staff.
Personal life
Starting a career in the youth club of Brazil, Douglas found time to novels and soon arranged his personal life. The girl, and then the wife of the midfielder became the dark-eyed beauty of Louise Ramos, who gave birth to her daughter and overcame rumors that they divorced.Guided by the principle not to advertise a marital relationship, the couple almost did not publish joint photos and did not appear in public events, ignoring calls published in "Instagram".
However, in an interview with Costa journalists sometimes tells family stories and calls for all fans to love their grandmothers, sisters and mothers.
Football
In 2008, Douglas, weighing about 60 kg at a low growth of 172 cm, debuted in the National Championship of Brazil and scored the first goal rivals. And when the contract with "Gremio" ended after 2 years, Havbek was put on transfer and moved to Donetsk Shakhtar.
In an effort to justify the amount of € 6 million, Costa appeared on the field in the international match of the Europa League, and then struck the Metalist Gate and opened his personal points. Trainers appreciated the contribution of the Brazilian in the victory in the Championship of Ukraine and provided him with more playing time in the season, which had a successful final.
By 2011, the Active Douglas had 40 matches for the team leading in the Premier League and all the football titles who were awarded the country, in addition, the young midfielder distinguished himself in the Champions League match and scored a beautiful penalty FC "Braga".
Partially repeating success in the next football seasons, the Brazilian as part of Shakhtar won another number of national trophies, and in July 2015 he decided on a new career step. In a farewell speech, said after the next game of the Ukrainian championship, the midfielder announced that he had to go to Bavaria and had already signed a 5-year contract.
In the new club, the coste got a T-shirt with number 11, which previously belonged to the Swiss Winger, known as Jerjan Shakiri. For several months, the tireless brazilian scored a number of heads for the German team and was the main player of the starting lineup until the arrival of Carlo Anchelotti.
Replaced in French colleague Frank Ribery, to "Bavaria" speaking for the club from Marseille, Douglas began to replace and injured tendons and muscles. As a result, refusing to play the role of the second violin, he moved to the rental rights to Juventus and did at the forearm of Tattoo on Cyrillic - "If God is for us, then who is against us."
In June 2018, midfielder, for the first time in a few years, not caused to the Brazilian national team, was freed from obligations to the German club and finally moved to Turin. But after an aggressive behavior aimed at Federico Di Francesco, the Sassuolo Football Club, was disqualified for 4 matches. Subsequently, the Italian leadership awarded him a fine.
Douglas Costa now
In the spring of 2019, the media reported that the Brazilian midfielder, who did not have a permanent place in the starting lineup of Juventus, became interested in such teams as Tottenham, Manchester City, Inter and Paris Saint-Germ. But the Costa argued that negotiations did not led with other clubs and does not plan to leave Turin.To prove his own importance, it was 10 days before the deadline began to pre-season on the basis, but in battle with "Fiorentina" was injured and, most likely, will miss a number of important matches.
Awards and achievements
"Miner"
- 2010 - 2014 - Champion of Ukraine
- 2011 - 2013 - owner of the Cup of Ukraine
- 2010, 2012 - 2014 - owner of the Super Cup of Ukraine
"Bavaria"
- 2016, 2017 - Champion of Germany
- 2016 - German Cup owner
- 2016 - owner of the supercube of Germany
Juventus
- 2018, 2019 - Champion ITALY
- 2018 - ITALY Cup winner
- 2018 - Winner Super Cup of Italy
Brazilian national team
- 2009 - Champion of South America