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My Take
Danny da Costa is one of those reliable full-backs whose name German football fans know better than most casual viewers do. What strikes me is his versatility down the right flank, whether at full-back or wing-back, which is exactly the kind of adaptability that keeps a player in the Bundesliga conversation for years. Born in Neuss in 1993, he's had a steady, grounded career rather than a headline-grabbing one, and I have a quiet respect for that. At 185 cm he's got the physical frame for modern defending. I'd genuinely like to see more recent material on where his game stands now.
Overview
Danny Vieira da Costa (born 13 July 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back or right wing-back for Bundesliga club Mainz 05.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Danny da Costa
- Name (Japanese)
- ダニー・ダ・コスタ
- Reading
- だにー・だ・こすた
- Born
- July 13, 1993 (age 32)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rooster
- Origin
- Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.