Kukula (footballer)

Cape Verdean footballer

Kukula
Personal information
Full name	Erson Stiven Dias Costa
Date of birth	(1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Trofense
Number	17
Youth career
0000–2010	Batuque
2010–2012	Marítimo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Marítimo B	81	(13)
2013–2017	Marítimo	13	(1)
2015–2016	→ Feirense (loan)	42	(5)
2016–2017	→ Vizela (loan)	33	(7)
2017–2019	Leixões	46	(6)
2019–2020	Sporting da Covilhã	41	(17)
2020–2022	Beroe	34	(4)
2022–2023	Sporting da Covilhã	45	(6)
2023–	Trofense	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 September 2023

Erson Stiven Dias Costa (born 22 January 1993), simply known as Kukula, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese Liga 3 club Trofense.

In the 2012–13 season he scored his first goal in Liga Sagres against Moreirense.^[1] In July 2020, Kukula signed a two-year contract with Bulgarian club Beroe Stara Zagora.^[2]