Teddy Da Costa

{{short description|French professional ice hockey player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Teddy Da Costa - Avril 2013.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|2|17}}

| birth_place = Melun, France

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 187

| position = Forward

| shoots = Right

| league = Ligue Magnus

| team = Spartiates de Marseille

| former_teams = Rapaces de Gap
KH Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Dragons de Rouen
GKS Tychy
Tappara
Lahti Pelicans
Sport
Orli Znojmo
KS Cracovia
Brûleurs de Loups
GKS Katowice
Unia Oswiecim

| ntl_team = France

| career_start = 2005

}}

Teddy Da Costa (born 17 February 1986) is a Polish–French professional ice hockey player for the Spartiates de Marseille of the Ligue Magnus and the French national team.

Playing career

Da Costa first played professionally in 2004–05 for the Rapaces de Gap, where he played with his brother Gabriel. He scored eight goals and three assists in 19 games.

The following season, he signed with KH Zagłębie Sosnowiec in the Polska Hokej Liga (PHL), where he would play the next five seasons.

Da Costa returned to France, joining the Dragons de Rouen for the 2010–11 season.

Da Costa returned to Poland to play with GKS Tychy for two seasons.

In 2013, he signed with Hokki of the Mestis, the second-tier league in Finland.

For the 2014–15 season he was signed by Tappara of the SM-liiga, Finland's highest level.

In the 2018–19 season, after playing in Poland the previous year, Da Costa returned to France to join the Brûleurs de Loups of Grenoble, with whom he would win the 2019 Ligue Magnus championship. The club announced in May 2019 that he would not be returning for a second season in Grenoble.{{cite web |title=Teddy Da Costa et les Brûleurs de loups, c’est fini ! |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/actualite/2019/05/09/teddy-da-costa-et-les-bruleurs-de-loups-c-est-fini |website=Le Dauphiné libéré |access-date=17 December 2023 |language=French |date=9 May 2019}}

With Unia Oswiecim in 2022, Da Costa reached the PHL finals.{{cite web |title=Bleus de l’étranger. Teddy Da Costa file en finale ! |url=https://www.hockeyfrance.com/bleues-de-letranger/2022/04/bleus-de-letranger-teddy-da-costa-file-en-finale/ |website=Hockey France |access-date=17 December 2023 |language=French |date=1 April 2022}}

Once again returning to France from Poland, Da Costa was named the captain of the Spartiates de Marseille for the 2022–23 season.{{cite web |last1=Breton |first1=Éric |title=Hockey sur glace : avant le "Glassico", Teddy Da Costa assure qu'il a toujours la flamme |url=https://www.laprovence.com/article/sports/67762059215291/hockey-sur-glace-avant-le-glassico-teddy-da-costa-assure-quil-a-toujours-la-flamme |website=laprovence.com |access-date=17 December 2023 |language=fr |date=19 September 2023}}

International play

Internationally, Da Costa has played for the France men's national junior ice hockey team in 2005 and 2006. He played for the French men's team in 2011, 2012, and 2013.

Da Costa was once again named to the French squad for the 2014 IIHF World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihfworlds2014.com/en/news/roster-forming/|title=Roster forming - 2014 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF|publisher=iihfworlds2014.com|accessdate=9 May 2014}}

Personal life

A native of Melun, France, Da Costa is the son of a Portuguese–French father and Polish mother. His two brothers, Stephane and {{ill|Gabriel Da Costa{{!}}Gabriel|fr|Gabriel Da Costa}}, also played professional hockey, the former in the National Hockey League.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/sens-sign-da-costa.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=baa832892e|title=Senators sign Da Costa|last=Merk|first=Martin|date=1 April 2011|publisher=IIHF.com|accessdate=1 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019011416/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/sens-sign-da-costa.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=baa832892e|archivedate=19 October 2012}}