Diego Costa

Costa's current-season form is level with last season (Season 50→50), while his Rating held around 30. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 57).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	FC Krasnodar · 1st	1	0	6.9	30	50
2025/26	FC Krasnodar · 2nd	27	3	7.2	31	50
2024/25	FC Krasnodar · 1st	26	1	7.23	35	57
2024/25	Sao Paulo · 6th	16	0	6.93	58	13
2023/24	Sao Paulo · 11th	23	0	7.02	64	31
2022/23	Sao Paulo · 9th	21	1	6.88	65	22

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

Diego Costa is a 27-year-old central defender at FC Krasnodar, enjoying a standout season — 3 goals and 0 assists in 27 appearances, a Season grade of 50. On long-term scout potential he's rated 30.8. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present (88.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.86 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Costa.

On the season, Costa graded 50 for current form (age-blind), on 11 clean sheets and 3.86 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 50 → 50). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 31. At 27 Costa is in his prime years, and a market index of 5.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Trending upBreakout: 2024/25

30.8

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

50.3

Seasoni

a solid contributor and squad regular

88.1%

Minutes

near ever-present

3.86

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · FC Krasnodar finished 2nd of 16 · a title-challenging side

Apps

3.86

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.86 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 11 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 16) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 88.1% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.86 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 30.8 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.86 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %88.1%

Available fixtures30 of 30

Goals / 900.114

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.114

Defensive actions / 903.86

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.341

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~6), then tapers with age. At 27, Costa sits on 5.5, at or near its peak. The blue line is Costa's projected Rating — 30.8 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Premier League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles45

Interceptions39

Blocks18

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards8

Red cards1

Transfer history

€7.5M total transfer fees · 1 moves

FC KrasnodarJul 2024 – now€ 7.5M

Sao Paulountil Jul 2024

About Diego Costa

Diego Henrique Costa Barbosa is a 27-year-old centre-back who plays for FC Krasnodar, born on July 21, 1999 in Campo Grande, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Brazil.

This season

In the current season, Diego Costa has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 18 minutes, averaging a 6.9 match rating over his last 1 rated games.

Recent matches

August 2, 2026: 3-2 win at home vs Fakel (18 minutes, 6.9 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Diego Costa at 30.8 with a Season form score of 50.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 10 career titles — among them the Premier League and the Supercopa do Brasil. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 9 recorded seasons, Diego Costa has totalled 148 club appearances with 6 goals and 0 assists for 3 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 27 appearances for FC Krasnodar.

Diego Costa's career has also included time at Sao Paulo.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.