Helder Costa Passion For Football Since Childhood Define Him To Be Successful An Inspirational Story To Nigerian Youths. Passion defines who you are today and the significance of every successful story, read more of the story.
Starting off, his full name is Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo e Costa. Hélder Costa was born a Capricorn on the 12th day of January 1994, in Luanda, the capital and port city of Angola, Southern Africa.
Like very few Angolans, Helder Costa was born into a wealthy family, with a silver spoon in his mouth.
As a boy, he lived with his parents in the beautiful Ilha do Cabo, the large sandspit off Luanda’s coast packed with bars, restaurants, and beautiful beaches.
Early on in his life, Helder Costa family had to leave Luanda, Angola to Portugal in a bid to get a better economic opportunity in football. There, he joined his cousin, Nélson Semedo who currently plays for FC Barcelona as at the time of writing.
Helda Costa had loved football right from his early childhood days. His passion for football saw him at the age of 10 enrolling on the roster of a Benfica youth team, who gave him the stage to showcase his talents.
Costa spent 8 years at Benfica before witnessing his graduation to senior football in the year 2012. While Costa was developing well in Benfica, but it was clear he needed regular first-team football not in Portugal but elsewhere in a more intense league.
In January 2015, he was loaned to La Liga’s Deportivo La Coruña where he struggled to make headway at the Spanish club. In July of the same year, he was sent out on loan to Leonardo Jardim’s Monaco.
This was a time Monaco was overflowing with young talents like Mbappe, Bernado Silva, Fabinho, Martial, and Thomas Lemar etc. Sadly, such overflow of young talent made it difficult for Costa to crack Monaco starting XI.
The former first division footballer became unknown to the large majority of England football fans due to him plying his trade in the less popular English second tier.
Instead of playing in the Premier league, Costa decided to stay with a championship side where he would be guaranteed regular football into his stride.
Since after joining the club, Hélder Costa grew from strength to strength. However, his first few months at the club proved tough due to the physicality of English football.
His slender build was messed around with by bigger English players as he was easily brushed off the ball.
Costa started overcoming these difficulties when he started focusing on his raw pace.
The defining moment for Costa came when he explored his raw pace and constant desire to beat Liverpool players which led to an FA cup win.
Costa fearlessly ran at the Liverpool back four, causing them several problems. Below is a video of his mind-boggling run from deep in his own half.
He took advantage of Liverpool’s poor run of form to make himself popular in English football.
The turn of pace and control whilst travelling at such speed was a testament to his natural athletic and technical abilities.
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