Brighton transfer news: Costinha in profile, transfer fee, contract length revealed for “excellent addition”:

Brighton & Hove Albion person announced the signing of defender Costinha from Greek giants Olympiacos.

The 26-year-old has penned a five-year declaration with the Seagulls, taxable to planetary clearance and the completion of the accustomed regulatory approvals.

Costinha has moved to the Amex Stadium for an undisclosed fee, believed to beryllium £11m, and has go Fabian Hurzeler’s 2nd signing of the summertime transportation model aft winger Zadok Yohanna.

"Costinha is simply a subordinate we person followed intimately for immoderate time,” Hurzeler told Brighton’s authoritative website. “He has the antiaircraft capabilities, strength and knowing of what we worth and we consciousness helium volition beryllium an fantabulous summation to the squad.

"He is besides comfy successful and retired of possession of the shot and volition adhd contention astatine right-back, alongside our existing options. I americium delighted helium has chosen to proceed his improvement with america successful the Premier League.”

Costinha fulfilling Premier League imagination by joining Brighton

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Speaking successful a sit-down interrogation with Brighton pursuing confirmation of his arrival, Costinha said: “I’m truthful excited [to play] for this nine and to play successful the Premier League.

“It was a imagination arsenic a kid and present it is simply a bully infinitesimal for coming and taking this experience, to assistance the nine and my teammates. It’s precise important for me.”

Asked if helium has spoken to erstwhile Olympiacos teammate Charalampos Kostoulas, who made the determination from the Greek nine to the Seagulls past summer, Costinha added: “I spoke with him a small bit. I don’t talk a batch yet astir this, but I person spoken with immoderate radical astir the club.

“I’m truthful excited to commencement due to the fact that it is simply a very, precise bully nine for me, a bully acquisition for me. This nine is similar a household and I deliberation it’s the champion for me.

Costinha was besides asked what Brighton fans tin expect from him, and helium replied: “I volition combat for each duel. I’m fast, I’m strong. I similar to run, to help. I similar to combat for a title. I’m motivated a batch for this.”

Who is Brighton’s caller signing Costinha?

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Born successful Povoa de Varzim, a sub-region of Greater Porto, Costinha’s afloat sanction is Joao Pedro Loureiro da Costa, and helium began his vocation successful his autochthonal Portugal successful the academies of Cavaloes, Aveleda, Porto and Braga, earlier moving to Rio Ave successful 2017.

Primarily a right-back who tin besides run further guardant connected the aforesaid flank, Costinha worked his mode done Rio Ave’s younker ranks earlier making his nonrecreational debut successful the Primeira Liga successful November 2020.

Costinha played 121 times successful full for Rio Ave’s archetypal squad for astir 4 afloat seasons and was selected successful the Primeira Liga Team of the Year for the 2023-24 campaign, aft signaling 5 goals and six assists successful 37 games.

He past made the determination to Olympiacos the successful the summertime of 2024 for a reported €2.5m and played 39 times crossed each competitions for a broadside that won the Greek Super League and Greek Cup double.

In the 2025-26 campaign, Olympiacos were incapable to clasp their top-flight title, but Costinha inactive made 35 appearances successful each tournaments, including 7 outings successful the Champions League – scoring successful a 2-0 League Phase triumph implicit Bayer Leverkusen.

At planetary level, Costinha has played astatine Under-18, Under-19, Under-20 and Udner-21 level for Portugal, but helium is yet to gain a elder call-up.