Beto Gonçalves

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gonçalves and the second or paternal family name is da Costa.

Alberto Gonçalves da Costa (born 31 December 1980), commonly known as Beto Gonçalves or simply Beto, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Persela Lamongan. Born in Brazil, he represented Indonesia at international level.^[3]

Beto Gonçalves

Beto playing for Indonesia at the 2018 AFF Championship
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Gonçalves da Costa
Date of birth	(1980-12-31) 31 December 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Belém, Brazil[1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Persela Lamongan
Number	9
Youth career
0000–1999	Sport Belém
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Sport Belém	15	(0)
2000	Vila Rica	3	(0)
2000–2001	São Raimundo	12	(8)
2001–2002	Abaeté	21	(14)
2002	CA Bragantino	12	(8)
2002–2003	Atlético Coín	27	(15)
2003–2004	House of Billiards	15	(11)
2004–2005	Tuna Luso	23	(17)
2005–2006	Remo	28	(19)
2006	Farroupilha	15	(8)
2006	Marcílio Dias	13	(14)
2007	Remo	3	(0)
2007–2008	Juventude	6	(1)
2008–2009	Persijap Jepara	14	(7)
2009–2010	Persipura Jayapura	28	(18)
2010	Dempo	3	(1)
2010–2011	Persijap Jepara	14	(4)
2011–2012	Persipura Jayapura	34	(25)
2013–2014	Arema	55	(26)
2015–2016	Penang	17	(7)
2016–2018	Sriwijaya	88	(58)
2019–2024	Madura United	86	(39)
2019	→ Persija Jakarta (loan)	0	(0)
2020	→ Sriwijaya (loan)	0	(0)
2021	→ Persis Solo (loan)	14	(11)
2023–2024	→ PSBS Biak (loan)	22	(10)
2024–2025	PSBS Biak	22	(1)
2025–	Persela Lamongan	0	(0)
International career
2018	Indonesia Asian Games (O.P.)	5	(4)
2018–2019	Indonesia	12	(10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2025

Club career

Early career

Beto started his football career at the Sport Club Belém in Belém along. He transferred after one years to Clube Atlético Vila Rica, where he became of his striker position.^{[citation needed]}

Persipura Jayapura

His first season in Indonesia, he immediately brought his first Indonesian club Persipura Jayapura champions 2008-09 Indonesia Super League. In his first season in Indonesia he scored 7 goals in 14 league matches. In season 2011-12 Indonesia Super League, He returned to Persipura and He also became the top score of the season 2011-12 Indonesia Super League.^{[citation needed]}

Arema

In 2013, Beto signed a year contract with Arema. He made his league debut on 9 January 2013 in a match against Persidafon Dafonsoro. On 9 January 2013, Beto scored his first goal for Arema in the 18th minute at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang.

Sriwijaya

On 1 February 2016, he returned to Indonesia to strengthen Sriwijaya. He returned to beingthe top score of the season 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A and was also in the best starting XI that season too. For 3 seasons defending Sriwijaya, he scored 58 goals in 88 appearances and carry Sriwijaya won the pre-season competition 2018 East Kalimantan Governor Cup. On 25 August 2020, he returned to Sriwijaya with loan status from Madura United.

Madura United

On 20 February 2019, he officially joined Madura United from Sriwijaya. On 17 May 2019, he made his debut for the club, scoring two goals and providing Greg Nwokolo with an assist in a 5–1 victory against Persela.^[4]

Return to Sriwijaya (loan)

He was signed for Sriwijaya to play in the Liga 2 in the 2020 season, on loan from Madura United. This season was suspended on 27 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season was abandoned and was declared void on 20 January 2021.^[5]

Persis Solo (loan)

On 26 April 2021, Beto signed for Indonesian Liga 2 club Persis Solo, on loan from Liga 1 club Madura United.^[6] He made his league debut on 26 September by starting in a 2–0 win against PSG Pati, and he also scored his first goal for Persis in the 20th minute at the Manahan Stadium, Surakarta.^[7]

PSBS Biak (loan)

On 9 September 2023, Beto signed for Indonesian Liga 2 club PSBS Biak, on loan from Liga 1 club Madura United.^[8] Beto helped the team secured their first-ever promotion to the top tier league.

International career

Gonçalves was naturalized as an Indonesian citizen on 8 February 2018, after staying in Indonesia for 12 years. He made his debut with Indonesia on 10 October 2018 in a friendly against Myanmar in which he scored a goal and also immediately provide 1 assist. On 15 June 2019, he scored four goals against Vanuatu in which Indonesia won 6–0.^[9] He was also included to the Indonesia Olympic squad as one of the senior players at the 2018 Asian Games. He also scored 4 goals in 5 appearances.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 May 2025^[11]

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Continental[b][c]		Other[d]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Persijap Jepara	2008–09	Indonesia Super League	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	7
Persipura Jayapura	2009–10	Indonesia Super League	28	18	0	0	4	0	0	0	32	18
Dempo	2010–11	I-League	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Persijap Jepara	2010–11	Indonesia Super League	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4
Persipura Jayapura	2011–12	Indonesia Super League	34	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	25
Arema	2013	Indonesia Super League	29	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	14
	2014	Indonesia Super League	26	12	0	0	7	0	0	0	33	12
	Total		55	26	0	0	7	0	0	0	62	26
Penang	2015	Malaysia Premier League	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	7
Sriwijaya	2016	Indonesia Soccer Championship A	30	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	25
	2017	Liga 1	33	22	0	0	0	0	4	1	37	23
	2018	Liga 1	25	11	0	0	0	0	6	2	31	13
	Total		88	58	0	0	0	0	10	3	98	61
Madura United	2019	Liga 1	27	18	5	3	0	0	6	3	38	24
	2020	Liga 1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
	2021–22	Liga 1	15	7	0	0	0	0	4[e]	1	19	8
	2022–23	Liga 1	32	10	0	0	–		4	1	36	11
	2023–24	Liga 1	9	1	0	0	–		0	0	9	1
	Total		86	39	5	3	0	0	14	5	105	47
Persija Jakarta (loan)	2019	Liga 1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1
Sriwijaya (loan)	2020	Liga 2	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
Persis Solo (loan)	2021	Liga 2	14	11	0	0	–		0	0	14	11
PSBS Biak (loan)	2023–24	Liga 2	22	10	0	0	–		0	0	22	10
PSBS Biak	2024–25	Liga 1	22	1	0	0	–		0	0	22	1
Persela Lamongan	2025–26	Championship	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
Career total			287	145	5	3	13	1	24	8	325	157

1. Includes Piala Indonesia
2. Appearances in AFC Champions League
3. Appearances in AFC Cup
4. Appearances in Indonesia President's Cup
5. Appearances in Menpora Cup

International

As of match played 5 September 2019

Indonesia national team[11]
Year	Apps	Goals
2018	6	3
2019	6	7
Total	12	10

As of match played 5 September 2019

Scores and results list Indonesia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Beto goal.^[11]

List of international goals scored by Beto Gonçalves

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 October 2018	Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang, Indonesia	1	Myanmar	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2	16 October 2018	Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang, Indonesia	2	Hong Kong	1–0	1–1	Friendly
3	13 November 2018	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	4	Timor-Leste	3–1	3–1	2018 AFF Championship
4	11 June 2019	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan	7	Jordan	1–4	1–4	Friendly
5	15 June 2019	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	8	Vanuatu	1–0	6–0	Friendly
6					3–0
7					4–0
8					5–0
9	5 September 2019	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	9	Malaysia	1–0	2–3	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
10					2–1

Honours

Persipura Jayapura

• Indonesia Super League: 2008–09
• Indonesian Community Shield: 2009^[12]

Arema

• East Java Governor Cup: 2013
• Menpora Cup: 2013

Sriwijaya

• East Kalimantan Governor Cup: 2018

Persis Solo

• Liga 2: 2021^[13]

PSBS Biak

• Liga 2: 2023–24^[14]

Individual

• Indonesia Super League/Indonesia Soccer Championship A Top Goalscorer (2): 2011–12, 2016
• Copa Indonesia Top Goalscorer: 2007–08
• Indonesia Soccer Championship A Best XI: 2016
• East Kalimantan Governor Cup Top Goalscorer: 2018
• Liga 1 Team of the Season: 2019 (Substitutes)^[15]
• Indonesian Soccer Awards: Best 11 2019^[16]
• Liga 2 Top Goalscorer: 2021
• Liga 2 Best XI: 2021^[17]

See also

• List of Indonesia international footballers born outside Indonesia