Jesse Costa
 Costa in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jessé Nicolás Costa | ||
| Date of birth | April 28, 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Brampton, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Toronto FC | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brampton YSC | |||
| –2021 | ProStars FC | ||
| 2021–2024 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| 2024–2025 | Corinthians | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Inter Toronto FC[a] | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Canada U20 | 11 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 27, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of July 31, 2024 | |||
Jessé Nicolás Costa (born April 28, 2005) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Canadian Premier League club Inter Toronto FC. Born in Canada, he has represented Portugal and Canada internationally at youth level.
Early life
[edit]Costa was three years old when he started playing soccer with Brampton YSC.[1]
As a youth player, Costa joined the youth academy of Canadian side ProStars FC and trialed for Hungarian side Puskás Akadémia FC and Portuguese side Sporting CP. In 2021, he joined the youth academy of German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, where he played in the Premier League International Cup. Three years later, he joined the youth academy of Brazilian side Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.[2]
Club career
[edit]On August 15, 2025, York United announced that the club had signed the Canadian midfielder on a contract through the end of the 2026 season, with a club option for 2027.[3]
International career
[edit]Costa has represented Portugal and Canada internationally at youth level. In April 2022, Costa debuted in the Canada Soccer program, attending a camp with the Canada U20 team.[1] He was named to the Canada squad for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[1]
During the summer of 2023, he played for the Portugal national under-18 football team the at the 2023 Torneio Internacional de Lisboa.[4]
He then returned to the Canada men's national under-20 soccer team for the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of October 27, 2025[5]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Inter Toronto FC[a] | 2025 | Canadian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Jesse Costa at Canada Soccer
- ^ "Saiba quem é Jesse Costa, novo reforço do Corinthians" [Find out who Jesse Costa is, Corinthians' new signing] (in Portuguese). Brasileirão. October 1, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ CPL (August 15, 2025). "York United sign Canada U-20 captain Jesse Costa". CPL. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
- ^ "Quem é Jesse Costa, reforço canadense do Corinthians" [Who is Jesse Costa, Corinthians' Canadian reinforcement?] (in Portuguese). Placar. September 30, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ Jesse Costa at Soccerway. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Jesse Costa at Canada Soccer
- Jesse Costa at Soccerway (archive)
Notes
[edit]- 2005 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Mississauga
- Canadian people of Portuguese descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Inter Toronto FC players
- Canadian Premier League players