Julien Dacosta
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julien Joachim Dacosta[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Debreceni VSC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2017 | Marseille | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Marseille II | 46 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | Chamois Niortais | 75 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Chamois Niortais II | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Coventry City | 22 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Portimonense (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Nancy (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Sochaux | 48 | (2) |
| 2025– | Debrecen | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 July 2025 | |||
Julien Joachim Dacosta (born 29 May 1996), sometimes written Julien Da Costa, is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hungarian club Debreceni VSC.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Dacosta was born in France and is of Senegalese and Bissau-Guinean descent. He holds both French and Senegalese nationalities.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Before joining Niort in 2017, he was a youth player with Olympique de Marseille, his hometown club. Dacosta made his Ligue 2 debut for Niort on 28 July 2017, in the 0–0 draw with AC Ajaccio.
He signed for English club Coventry City in July 2020.[3]
On 2 February 2022, Dacosta joined Primeira Liga side Portimonense on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[4]
On 27 June 2022, Dacosta joined EFL League One club Shrewsbury Town on loan for the 2022–23 season.[5]
On 31 January 2023, Dacosta was recalled from his loan spell with Shrewsbury Town and joined Championnat National side Nancy for the remainder of the season.[6]
On 21 August 2023, Dacosta signed for Sochaux on a two-year deal.[7]
On 8 July 2025, Dacosta signed for Hungarian club Debreceni VSC.[8]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played on 26 May 2023[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olympique de Marseille II | 2015–16 | Championnat de France Amateur | 24 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 22 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
| Chamois Niortais | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| Total | 75 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | ||
| Chamois Niortais II | 2017–18 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coventry City | 2020–21[10] | EFL Championship | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[11] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23[12] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Portimonense (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 2022–23[12] | EFL League One | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Nancy (loan) | 2022–23 | Championnat National | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Debreceni VSC | 2025–26 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career totals | 175 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 1 | ||
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Marseille
- French men's footballers
- Senegalese men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Chamois Niortais FC players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Portimonense S.C. players
- Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
- AS Nancy Lorraine players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Debreceni VSC players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Ligue 2 players
- English Football League players
- Primeira Liga players
- Championnat National players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen
- French football defender, 1990s birth stubs