Hélder Costa

Following his move to Estoril, Costa's current-season form is level with last season (Season 17→15), while his Rating eased 40→34. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 20).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2024/25	Estoril · 8th	13	1	0	6.72	34	15
2022/23	Al-Ittihad FC · 1st	18	3	1	6.86	40	17
2021/22	Valencia · 9th	22	0	1	6.5	57	5
2020/21	Leeds · 9th	22	3	3	6.4	71	20

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Experienced headCentre-forward

Hélder Costa is a 32-year-old centre-forward at Yunnan Yukun, rated 34.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 378th of 418 in the Premier League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (52.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Costa.

Judged on this season alone, Costa graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 48th of 57 of the 57 centre-forwards in the Premier League, on 1 goal and 0 assists in 13 appearances (0.146 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 17 → 15). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 34, 51st of 57 of the 57 centre-forwards in the Premier League. At 32 Costa is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 27.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelRemarkably consistent4 clubs

Current potential51st of 57 centre-forwards · Premier League · 13 apps Current season48th of 57 centre-forwards · Premier League · 13 apps48th-best centre-forward in the Premier League378th in the Premier League · potential51st-highest potential centre-forward in the Premier League

34.3

Ratingi

51st of 57 centre-forwards

15.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

52.6%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.15

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Yunnan Yukun finished 10th of 20 · a mid-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.08

Goals / app

1 goal in 13 appearances (0.08 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Strengths

Pedigree. Performing in a top-tier setting (team strength 95.3/100).

Watch points

Game time. Only 52.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.15 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 34.3, Costa carries the 51st-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Premier League of 57 — though on just 13 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.15 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %52.6%

Available fixtures13 of 4

Goals / 900.146

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.146

Defensive actions / 900.877

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.146

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 (~69), then tapers with age. At 32, Costa sits on 27.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Costa's projected Rating — 34.3 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.