Αχίλλειος πτέρνα του Ντα Κόστα είναι τα νεύρα του, αφού συχνά χάνει την ψυχραιμία του και τα βάζει με τους διαιτητές. «Ένα πρόβλημα που έχει είναι ο έλεγχος των νεύρων του και πολλές φορές διαμαρτύρεται έντονα στους διαιτητές. Στο ματς με την Κασίμπασα στις 23 Φεβρουαρίου αποβλήθηκε και επειδή έβρισε τους διαιτητές τιμωρήθηκε με έξι αγωνιστικές. Πρέπει να συγκρατεί λίγο τα νεύρα του, ειδικά στα ντέρμπι», τόνισε.
Personal life
Da Costa has tattoos, which he was given in Italy, France, England and Russia respectively.
Legal issues
In January 2011, Da Costa was charged with sexual assault and common assault on a woman in a nightclub in Ilford. He appeared at Redbridge Magistrates' Court on 25 January. He did not enter a plea and was remanded on bail to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 18 April 2011. On 18 April he pleaded not guilty to sexual assault on a woman in Ilford in October 2010 but admitted one charge of common assault. He was released on conditional bail to stand trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 12 September 2011. On 16 September he was cleared of groping a woman in a nightclub. But he was fined £1,000 at Snaresbrook Crown Court for slapping her in the face. The judge ordered him to pay £250 compensation to the victim.
Da Costa clashes with Arsenal's Andrei Arshavin.
During his Nacional career in 2013, da Costa was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) after the police performed a breathalyzer test on him, which was more than 1.30 g, leading to his arrest in the early morning In court, da Costa was fined 350 euros and banned from driving for three months, due to driving under the influence of alcohol.