Diego Costa Net Worth

What is Diego Costa's Net Worth and Salary?

Diego Costa is a Brazilian-Spanish professional footballer who has a net worth of $40 million. Diego Costa has played for multiple clubs in many countries since beginning his senior career in 2006; his achievements include two La Liga titles and a UEFA Europa League title with Atlético Madrid and two Premier League titles and a Football League Cup title with Chelsea. On the international level, Costa has mostly played for the Spain national football team, including at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups.

Early Life

Diego Costa was born on October 7, 1988 in Lagarto, Brazil to Josileide and José. He is named after Argentine footballer Diego Maradona, and his older brother Jair is named after Brazilian footballer Jairzinho. When Costa was 15 years old, he moved to São Paulo and worked in his uncle Jarminho's store. Costa went on to join the local youth club Barcelona Capela at the encouragement of his uncle.

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Club Career

After playing youth football for Barcelona Capela from 2004 to 2006, Costa began his senior career in Europe with the Portuguese club Braga. During the summer of 2006, he was loaned to Penafiel. Costa returned to Braga in early 2007, but a metatarsal injury ended his season after just seven games. That summer, he joined the Spanish club Atlético Madrid, making his debut on August 11. Later in the month, Costa was loaned to Celta Vigo, where he established his hot-headed reputation after getting into multiple altercations, including an attack on Málaga defender Weligton. He continued his streak of misbehavior during his loan to Albacete from 2008 to 2009. In the summer of 2009, Costa was sold to Real Valladolid. The next year, he returned to Atlético Madrid, where he remained through 2014. During this time, Costa continued to get into trouble on the field due to various physical altercations. However, he also had some major triumphs, winning the Copa del Rey in 2013 and the La Liga title in 2014, the latter being Atlético's first league title since 1996.

Costa moved to the English Premier League club Chelsea in the summer 2014. He had instant success in England, earning Premier League Player of the Month honors for August and scoring his first Premier League hat-trick in just his fourth game of the season. Costa finished his first season with Chelsea holding the Football League Cup and his first Premier League title. Following this success, he had a 2015-16 season mired in controversy due to his frequently inappropriate conduct. This included violent encounters with multiple players, only some of which resulted in disciplinary punishment. Costa had a much more positive 2016-17 season, when he was Chelsea's top scorer, with 20 goals, and helped the club win another Premier League title. In early 2018, he returned again to Atlético, and went on to win the UEFA Europa League. Costa followed that with a UEFA Super Cup victory. He remained with Atlético until the end of 2020 when both parties agreed to a termination of his contract. Costa earned a second career La Liga title for the 2020-21 season.

As a free agent, Costa signed with the Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro in August of 2021. He went on to help the club win the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the Copa do Brasil. In early 2022, Costa terminated his contract after just 19 games with the club. He returned to England later that year to join the Premier League's Wolverhampton Wanderers. After 25 appearances for the club, he left at the end of his contract in 2023. Costa subsequently signed a six-month contract with the Brazilian club Botafogo. He played 15 games with that club before his contract expired and he moved to Grêmio in 2024. Costa scored his first goal for Grêmio on his debut in early March in the Campeonato Gaúcho. In April, he helped the club win the Campeonato Gaúcho over Juventude. Costa was beset by various injuries over the remainder of the season, and at the start of 2025 he left Grêmio upon the expiration of his contract. He made 26 total appearances for the club and scored eight goals.

International Career

After playing twice for the Brazil national football team in 2013, Costa began playing for Spain due to his recent citizenship there. He made his debut for the Spain national team in March of 2014, and that summer competed in his first FIFA World Cup. Costa scored his first goal for Spain in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers later in 2014. He didn't score his next international goals until the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 2016. In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Costa scored twice, including the winning goal in Spain's victory over Iran.

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