About Diego Costa
The 2024 Serie A brought Diego Costa 9 appearances (242 minutes). GioScore's computed rating for that season averaged 6.57. Set beside a cohort of 76 Serie A forwards with a minimum of 450 minutes in 2023, his match rating placed in the 53rd percentile — above the cohort median, and 35th of 76 for goals scored.
His league career on record ran from 2008 to 2024: 17 seasons across 9 clubs. His ratings range from 6.53 (2022/2023) up to 7 in 2021, Serie A. Averaged over his last two rated seasons, he finished 0.15 below his earlier career level.
By competition, the recorded league record breaks down across 4 domestic leagues: La Liga (205 appearances, 72 goals), Premier League (112 appearances, 53 goals) and Serie A (37 appearances, 8 goals) — the three with most games. In 8 of the 17 campaigns on record he played at least 25 league games. His busiest three-season stretch was 2008/2009–2010/2011: 97 league appearances, 32 a season.