If ever Mamelodi Sundowns wanted value for money for what Lucas Ribeiro Costa does in the Betway Premiership, then they are being handed that plus extras.
Ribeiro Costa is into his second season playing for Sundowns after arriving from Belgium, where he spent four years living from a suitcase.
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What he has done in the local league, along with what he continues to do, has moved him from good to better, with being best his next step.
When he celebrates his 26th birthday in under a week from now, he will do so with plenty time to reflect with no official games to play and with plenty of his teammates away during the FIFA calendar week.
For him as a Brazilian, international football is an exotic subject as he has no chance of ever wearing the Seleção jersey if he is playing in the Betway Premiership, where he has set the scene alight.
Into the new season, Ribeiro Costa has three goals plus one assist from three matches.
In his first season playing on these shores last term, it was 12 goals (plus four assists) in 18 league appearances.
This gives him a return of 20 goal contributions in the 21 league matches that he has played in South Africa's top-tier league.
A supreme achievement that cannot be matched locally, especially considering that he always steps up in the big games in the league.
Against Kaizer Chiefs last season, Ribeiro Costa scored in both home and away fixtures and added two assists.
This season, he has scored and provided an assist against Amakhosi.
Then against Orlando Pirates, he scored the winner in the first match, before providing an assist in the reverse tie.
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Ribeiro Costa is always assured with his play, using his movement intelligence in penetrating opponents.
At his best, the Brazilian can do what Mohamed Salah ordinarily does for Liverpool in creating spaces when cutting in from the right.