Background and career
Hélder Wander Sousa de Azevedo Costa (born 12 January 1994) is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger for Girabola club Petro de Luanda.
Starting his playing career at Benfica, with which he made a single Taça da Liga appearance, Costa spent most of his career abroad, including at Deportivo de La Coruña in La Liga and Monaco in Ligue 1. He also spent several years in England with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leeds United, winning the EFL Championship with both. He departed Leeds in October 2023, and became a free agent. He would later move abroad and return to Portugal, signing for Estoril Praia in August 2024.
Born in Angola, Costa represented Portugal from under-16 all the way through to the senior side, for whom he scored on his only appearance in 2018. He scored his first goal on his debut for Angola in November 2021.
