Douglas Costa

Douglas Costa is one of those wingers I genuinely loved watching in his prime. There is something thrilling about a player who is not physically imposing yet terrorizes defenses purely through acceleration and silky dribbling. His journey from a small town in Rio Grande do Sul to Gremio, Shakhtar, and the big European stages reads like a classic Brazilian fairy tale. What strikes me most is his persistence; still lacing up his boots in Italy years after his peak shows real love for the game. He was pure entertainment, and I respect that he kept going.

Name (English)

Douglas Costa

Name (Japanese)

ドウグラス・コスタ

Reading

どうぐらす・こすた

Born

September 14, 1990 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Origin

Sapucaia do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Height

168 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/douglascosta/
• Xhttps://x.com/douglascosta
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Costa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391680

Tags

• Rio Grande do Sul
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.