Nuno da Costa

Following his move to Antalyaspor, Costa's current-season form is down 21% on last season (Season 14→11), while his Rating eased 11→8. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 47).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Antalyaspor · 7th	5	1	1	6.86	11	10
2025/26	Başakşehir · 5th	26	3	1	6.65	11	14
2024/25	Kasımpaşa · 10th	29	13	2	7.36	20	45
2023/24	Kasımpaşa · 5th	29	14	4	7.25	24	47
2023/24	Auxerre · 1st	5	0	1	7.02	17	3
2022/23	Auxerre · 17th	33	5	4	6.72	37	31

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 10 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Cape Verde · international

Side	Apps	G
Cape Verde Islands	6	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headWinger

Nuno da Costa is a 35-year-old winger at Antalyaspor, enjoying a standout season — 1 goals and 1 assists in 5 appearances, a Season grade of 11. On long-term scout potential he's rated 8.4. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member (25.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.41 goal contributions per 90 (0.21 goals, 0.21 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Costa.

On the season, Costa graded 11 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal and 1 assist in 5 appearances (0.413 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 14 → 11). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 8. At 35 Costa is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2022/236 clubs

8.4

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

10.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

25.5%

Minutes

limited game time

0.41

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Antalyaspor finished 7th of 20 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.2

Goals / app

1 goal in 5 appearances (0.2 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 2 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.41 goal contributions per 90 (0.21 goals, 0.21 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 25.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 35, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 8.4 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.41 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %25.5%

Available fixtures11 of 11

Goals / 900.206

Assists / 900.206

Goal contribution / 900.413

Defensive actions / 901.445

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Shot conversion %50

Shot accuracy %22.2

Pass accuracy %73

Dribble success %50

Cards / 900

Foul involvement / 903.922

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 (~2), then tapers with age. At 35, Costa sits on 0.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Costa's projected Rating — 8.4 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 wingers in the 1. Lig with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Shots on target2

Shots9

Passing

Assists1

Chances created7

Passes80

Pass accuracy73%

Possession

Successful dribbles6

Dribble success50%

Duels won26

Duels won %56.5%

Fouls won14

Penalties won1—

Defending

Tackles2

Interceptions3

Blocks2

Fouls committed5

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

AntalyasporSept 2026 – nowFree

BaşakşehirJul 2025 – Sept 2026Free Transfer

Kasımpaşauntil Jul 2025

IIstanbul BasaksehirJul 2025 – Jul 2025Free Transfer

TTomori Beratuntil Jul 2025

KKasimpasaSept 2023 – Jul 2025

AuxerreAug 2022 – Sept 2023

Nottingham Forest(back from loan)Jul 2022 – Aug 2022

Caen(on loan)Aug 2021 – Jul 2022

Nottingham ForestJan 2020 – Aug 2021

StrasbourgJul 2017 – Jan 2020

Valenciennesuntil Jul 2017

About Nuno da Costa

Nuno Miguel da Costa Jóia is a 35-year-old winger who plays for Antalyaspor, born on February 10, 1991 in Praia, standing 184 cm tall. He is from Cape Verde. Antalyaspor currently sit 7th of 20 in the 1. Lig.

This season

In the current season, Nuno da Costa has made 5 appearances with 1 goal and 1 assist across 436 minutes.

Nuno da Costa's next match is on November 1, 2026, when Antalyaspor face Iğdır FK away in the 1. Lig.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Nuno da Costa at 8.4 with a Season form score of 10.6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 1 career title — among them the Coupe de la Ligue. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 15 recorded seasons, Nuno da Costa has totalled 369 club appearances with 102 goals and 24 assists for 12 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2018/19, with 34 appearances for Strasbourg.

Nuno da Costa's career has also included time at Başakşehir, Kasımpaşa, IIstanbul Basaksehir, TTomori Berat, KKasimpasa, Auxerre, Nottingham Forest, Caen, Strasbourg and Valenciennes.

On the international stage, Nuno da Costa has represented Cape Verde Islands — 6 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Also this season

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Antalyaspor finished 7th of 20 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points