Diogo Costa

Diogo Costa is the Porto goalkeeper named in Portugal's final 26 for the 2026 World Cup, announced by head coach Roberto Martínez on 19 May 2026. He is 26 at kick-off, listed first in the goalkeeper group ahead of José Sá and Rui Silva, and brings 42 senior caps with zero international goals into the squad as of 15 December 2025. Cristiano Ronaldo captains the side that qualified out of UEFA Group F.

Costa is the Porto club captain and has come through the club's youth system, winning the 2018-19 UEFA Youth League and breaking into the senior side in 2021 aged 22 as Porto secured a second domestic double. His Primeira Liga Team of the Year selections in 2022, 2023 and 2025 sit alongside his Portugal senior debut in 2021 and a 2024-25 UEFA Nations League title with the national side.

Costa is a sweeper-keeper goalkeeper, distinguished by his technical skills and tactical intelligence, with exceptional reflexes for difficult saves in one-versus-one situations and against point-blank shots, composure in penalty situations, effective cross-collecting, and the comfort with the ball at his feet to distribute precise short and long passes from the back.

Born in Rothrist, Switzerland to Portuguese parents and relocated to Santo Tirso at age seven, he came through Porto's youth system. He was named UEFA Player of the Match in the round-of-16 win over Slovenia at UEFA Euro 2024.

Portugal sit in Tier 2 of Goal Rush at £24m within the game's £200m card budget. The Group K draw — DR Congo, Uzbekistan and Colombia — sets the early fixture window, with Martínez's confirmed 4-2-3-1 and a UEFA Group F qualifying win providing the team-slot context.

At player level, Costa adds a goalkeeper profile to that team slot. He is listed first in the three-goalkeeper group, with recent international context from a 2024-25 UEFA Nations League title and a UEFA Player of the Match award in Portugal's round-of-16 win over Slovenia at Euro 2024.