Martim Costa

Costa started playing handball at Colégio dos Carvalhos, a private school south of Porto together with his brother, Francisco Costa.

In 2017 he Switched to FC Portos youth team. Between 2018 and 2020 he was loaned to FC Gaia, a team from his hometown. In his first season he won the Portuguese second division, scoring 227 in 30 matches and was promoted to Andebol 1. In his second season, his first in the top flight, he scored 225 goals in 26 matches.

In the 2020/2021 he played for the Porto first team, where he won the Portuguese Championship and the Portuguese Supercup.

After a season at Porto he joined Sporting CP, which was coached by his father, Ricardo Costa. His brother also played at the club.

Here he won the Portuguese Cup in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and the Portuguese Supercup in 2023, and the Portuguese championship in 2024.

Costa debuted for the Portuguese national team in a World Cup qualification match against Netherlands. After losing the home match 30:33, Costa lead his team to an 35:28 win, scoring 10 goals and securing the qualification.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/matches/202311030102024/Netherlands-Portugal/|title=Netherlands/Portugal|date=2022-04-17|publisher=EHF|access-date=2025-01-22}} His brother debuted in the same match.

His first major international tournament was the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, where Portugal finished 13th.{{cite web|url=https://portal.fpa.pt/2023/01/ihf-world-championship-2023-conheca-aqui-convocatoria-final/|title=IHF World Championship 2023: Conheça aqui convocatória final|date=2023-01-02|publisher=portal.fpa.pt|access-date=2023-01-02|language=pt}}

At the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship he was joint top scorer, together with Danish Mathias Gidsel, with 54 goals.{{cite web|url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/women/2022/news/en/ehf-excellence-awards-2024-petra-simon-and-martim-costa-named-as-best-young-players/|title=EHF Excellence Awards 2024: Petra Simon and Martim Costa named as best young players|date=2024-11-12|publisher=EHF|access-date=2025-01-22}}

At the 2025 World Championship he scored the winning goal against Germany with 5 seconds left in extra time to take Portugal to their first ever World Championship semifinal.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2025-01-29-dansk-modstander-fundet-efter-nyt-vm-drama|title=Dansk modstander fundet efter nyt VM-drama|date=2025-01-29|publisher=TV2 Danmark|access-date=2025-01-29|language=DA}} They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2025-02-02-sindssyg-afslutning-paa-dramatisk-bronzekamp|title=Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp|publisher=TV2 Danmark|first=Oliver|last=Orup Kristensen|date=2 February 2025|accessdate=2 February 2025|language=da|trans-title=Insane finish to bronze match}}

Porto

• Portuguese League
• Champion: 2020–21
• Portuguese Cup
• Winner: 2020–21

Sporting CP

• Portuguese League
• Champion: 2023–24
• Portuguese Cup
• Winner: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Portuguese Super Cup
• Winner: 2023, 2024

• All-Star centre back of the World Championship: 2025{{cite web |url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/gidsel-named-mvp-2025-ihf-mens-world-championship-all-star-team-announced|title=Gidsel named MVP, as 2025 IHF Men's World Championship All-Star team announced|date=2 February 2025 |access-date=2 February 2025 |publisher=IHF}}
• All-Star left back of the European Championship: 2024{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/six-nations-featured-in-ehf-euro-2024-all-star-team/|title=Six nations featured in EHF Euro2024 All-star Team|date=28 January 2024|website=eurohandball.com|publisher=EHF}}
• Top scorer of the European Championship: 2024 (54 goals)
• All-Star left back of the European Under-20 Championship: 2022{{Cite web |title=Five nations represented in M20 EHF Euro 2022 All-Star team |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/five-nations-represented-in-m20-ehf-euro-2022-all-star-team/ |access-date=19 January 2024 |website=eurohandball.com|publisher=EHF}}
• All-Star right back of the Youth World Championship: 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/2019-youth-world-championship-all-star-team|title=2019 Youth World Championship All-star Team|date=18 August 2019|work=ihf.info}}

He is the older brother of handball player Francisco Costa. His father, Ricardo Costa, is a former handball player and the coach of Sporting CP.{{Cite web |title=OFICIAL: Ricardo Costa é o novo treinador do andebol do Sporting |url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/modalidades/22-07-2021/oficial-ricardo-costa-e-o-novo-treinador-do-andebol-do-sporting |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=maisfutebol.iol.pt}}

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Category:2002 births

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