Rui Pedro Silva Costa

Portimonense Costa was loaned by Primeira Liga side Portimonense S.C. to Famalicão in August 2017. In October/November of that year, he netted three consecutive braces in the league in as many wins.

In January 2018, Costa had everything arranged to join FC Porto B. However, after it was discovered that he had been registered by Varzim five days prior to signing with Portimonense – thus representing three clubs in the same season – the move was declared void. He made his debut in the Portuguese top flight on 31 March, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 4–3 home victory over Moreirense FC.

Porto and Deportivo In July 2018, Costa was finally made a part of Porto B's setup. A year later, he moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with AD Alcorcón in the Spanish Segunda División. He continued in the country in September 2020, signing a two-year contract with Deportivo de La Coruña who had just been relegated from the same league; Porto remained entitled to 50% of any future transfer.

Santa Clara Costa joined C.D. Santa Clara on a two-and-a-half-year deal on 1 February 2021. He scored his first top-tier goal on 5 March to equalise in a 2–1 loss at eventual champions Sporting CP, and netted two more in a 5–1 home defeat of C.D. Nacional on 11 April, as the Azorean club finished a best-ever sixth and qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League.

On 12 August 2021, Costa scored the only goal as Santa Clara won away at NK Olimpija Ljubljana in the second leg of their European third qualifying round. The following 26 January, in the team's first-ever Taça da Liga semi-final, he was sent off for handball, conceding a penalty kick from which Pablo Sarabia scored in Sporting's 2–1 victory in Leiria.

Later career Costa moved to second-tier S.C. Farense on 1 September 2022. Even though mainly a substitute, he scored nine times in his debut campaign, helping to promotion as runners-up.

On 27 June 2024, Costa signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Tobol. In the following transfer window, he returned to his previous club on a contract until June 2026.