Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa celebrates scoring against Austria Vienna during their Champions League Group G match at Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid November 6, 2013. REUTERS/Susana Vera
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has called Atletico Madrid's Brazil-born forward Diego Costa into his squad for the first time for this month's friendlies away to Equatorial Guinea and South Africa.
Top scorer in La Liga with 13 goals in 12 appearances this season, Costa signed a formal letter last month stating his wish to play for his adopted country and ending a tug-of-war between the world and European champions and Brazil over the 25-year-old.
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