Diego da Silva Costa, known earlier in his career as simply Diego, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for English club Chelsea and the Spain national team. He plays as a striker and has been described by pundits as a player whose main attributes are his physicality, goalscoring and ability to keep possession. He began his career with Braga and Penafiel in Portugal, and was signed by Atl�tico Madrid in 2007. He was loaned back to Braga, and then to Celta and Albacete before being sold to Valladolid in 2009. He returned to Atl�tico the following season and went on to play a key role in their attack, scoring 27 goals as they won the league title in 2014, and then joined Chelsea for �32 million. Internationally, Costa played twice for Brazil in 2013, but later declared his desire to represent Spain, having been granted Spanish citizenship in September 2013. He made his d�but for his adopted nation in March 2014, and was selected for that year's World Cup. 

October 7th, 1988 in Barcelona (Age 36)