Vítor Costa

Costa's current-season form is level with last season (Season 18→16), while his Rating eased 25→18. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 56).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	San Jose Earthquakes · 10th	25	1	2	6.94	18	16
2024/25	San Jose Earthquakes · 8th	29	2	3	6.91	25	18
2022/23	Maritimo · 16th	30	2	1	6.77	45	24
2021/22	Maritimo · 10th	31	0	2	7.02	52	56

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

Scout report

Experienced headFull-back

Vítor Costa is a 32-year-old full-back at San Jose Earthquakes, rated 18 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 697th of 815 in the USA tier 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (56.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.22 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Costa.

Judged on this season alone, Costa graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 67th of 135 of the 135 full-backs in the USA tier 1, on 3 clean sheets and 3.216 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 18 → 16). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 122nd of 135 of the 135 full-backs in the USA tier 1. At 32 Costa is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.7 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending downStreaky

Current potential122nd of 135 full-backs · USA tier 1 Current season67th of 135 full-backs · USA tier 167th-best full-back in the USA tier 1697th in the USA tier 1 · potential122nd-highest potential full-back in the USA tier 1

Ratingi

122nd of 135 full-backs

15.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

56.4%

Minutes

rotation minutes

3.22

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · San Jose Earthquakes finished 10th of 15 · a mid-table side

3.22

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 25 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.17 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 56.4% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
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 18, Costa carries the 122nd-highest potential of the full-backs in the USA tier 1 of 135. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.22 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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 %56.4%

Available fixtures32 of 34

Goals / 900.055

Assists / 900.111

Goal contribution / 900.166

Defensive actions / 903.216

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Shot conversion %33.3

Shot accuracy %18.8

Dribble success %36.8

Cards / 900.277

Foul involvement / 901.996

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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 32, Costa sits on 3.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Costa's projected Rating — 18 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.