TOP STORIES - Helder Costa equals Alfredo Di Stefano and José Alfatini

15.11.2021 14:05 of A.R. TransferMarketWeb   see readings
TOP STORIES - Helder Costa equals Alfredo Di Stefano and José Alfatini
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Helder Costa, loaned to Valencia from Leeds this season, made his national team debut with Angola on Friday against Egypt (2-2). A meeting during which he opened the scoring in the 26th minute.

But it was not his first international match. Indeed, he had already played for Portugal on October 14, 2018 in a friendly match against Scotland won 1-3, where he opened the scoring.

Since bi-national players can now change selection if they have played less than three games with the A team of a country, Helder Costa has therefore chosen to defend the colors of Angola.

Rather interestingly, he is one of the few footballers to have scored on his debut with two different countries, as Marca points out. Only Alfredo Di Stéfano, with Argentina and Spain, as well as José Alfatini, with Brazil and Italy, had achieved the same performance.