The goalkeeper Diogo Costa reached today, at the age of 27, the 50 games for the Portuguese national football team, to be the holder of the duel in front of Norway, in Oslo, of the second day of the League of Nations Group A4.
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27/09/2026
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Diogo Costa, who aligns with FC Porto, debuted for the Portuguese team in victory (3-0) in a private game against Qatar, in the Algarve Stadium, on October 9, 2021, with the selector Fernando Santos.
In April of the following year, he played the first official game, starting at the play-off of World Cup access2022 in front of Turkey, assuming the position of ‘number one’ of the Portuguese goal since then, succeeding Rui Patricio, the Portuguese goalkeeper with more internationalizations (108).
In his career in the main selection, Diogo Costa was in two Worlds, in 2022 and 2026, and also in Euro2024, in addition to winning the League of Nations in 2025.
In this last conquest of the formation of the ‘quinas’, the goalkeeper played a decisive role in the final, in which Portugal beat Spain by 5-3 in the tie for penaltis, after the 2-2 at the end of regulatory time and extension, by stopping the maximum punishment of Morata.
In the Euro2024 it was also decisive in the battle against Slovenia, in the eighths of the final, by saving a goal already near the end, after a mistake by Pepe, and then by defending three penaltis of the Slovenians in the tiebreaker, which allowed Portugal to move on.
The Luso goalkeeper, holder in all 50 internationalizations, is already the fifth in position with more games, only behind Rui Patricio, Vítor Baía (80), Ricardo (79) and Manuel Bento (63).
Also today, if used, Rafael Leão reaches the 50 games by the national team, after debuting on the same day of Diogo Costa, also against Qatar, but as an alternate used.
The advance, which aligns in the Turks of Galatasaray and sums up six goals, has already been in two final phases of Mundials (2022 and 2026) and Euro2024, having won the League of Nations of 2025.
Portugal, holder of the trophy, entered the edition 2026/27 of the League of Nations with a triumph against Wales, for 1-0, in the game that marked Jorge Jesus' debut in the technical command of the selection.
Norway also won in the other game of the ‘poule’, beating Denmark by 3-2, with the two teams fighting today for the isolated leadership of the group.