Gabriel Costa (footballer)

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Gabriel Costa
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Costa with Colo-Colo in 2019
Personal information
Full name Basilio Gabriel Costa Heredia
Date of birth (1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth San Carlos, Uruguay
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Universitario
Number 8
Youth career
River Plate Montevideo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 River Plate Montevideo 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Rocha (loan) 19 (2)
2012 Bella Vista 11 (0)
2013–2016 Rentistas 14 (4)
2014–2015 → Alianza Lima (loan) 60 (21)
2016 → Sporting Cristal (loan) 17 (3)
2017–2018 Sporting Cristal 73 (28)
2019–2022 Colo-Colo 98 (27)
2023–2024 Alianza Lima 35 (6)
2024– Universitario 16 (1)
International career‡
2019–2022 Peru 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:24, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:24, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Basilio Gabriel Costa Heredia (born 2 April 1990), known as Gabriel Costa, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario. Born in Uruguay, Costa represents Peru internationally.

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Club career

Costa played in the youth ranks of River Plate de Montevideo. In 2011, he was loaned to Rocha FC in order to get more minutes, scoring 2 goals in 19 matches. Costa signed for Bella Vista in 2012, where he made his debut in the Uruguayan First Division under manager Guillermo Sanguinetti.

The next season, he played for Rentistas before emigrating to Peru in 2014. [1] [2] He spent two seasons with Alianza Lima and three seasons with Sporting Cristal between 2014 and 2018. [3] In 2019, Costa moved to Chile and joined Colo-Colo, spending four seasons with them. [3]

Back to Peru, Costa rejoined Alianza Lima in 2023. [4] In July 2024, he switched to Universitario, [5] becoming one of the few players who have played for the Big Three of Peruvian football clubs. [6]

International career

Born in Uruguay, Costa was nationalized after years in Peru and gained a Peruvian passport. [7] He debuted for the Peru national team in a friendly 1–0 loss to Ecuador on 6 September 2019. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 July 2019
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOther1Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bella Vista 2012–13 110—110
Rentistas 2013–14 144—144
Alianza Lima 2014 301210120—4213
2015 30910520—4214
Total602120640008427
Sporting Cristal 2016 173—61—234
2017 302—60—362
20184326—20—4526
Total9031001410010432
Colo-Colo 2019124332000177
Total187602392010023070

1 Includes Superliga Colombiana

Honours

Club

Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Colo-Colo
Universitario de Deportes

References

  1. ↑ "Gabriel Costa afirmó que el tiempo le dio la razón". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 3 May 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Hereña, Gianfranco (4 February 2014). "Gabriel Costa: Que ligue el recuerdo". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Gabriel Costa habló sobre su salida de Colo Colo: "Me quería quedar y mi familia mucho más"". Infobae (in Spanish). 10 December 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Alianza Lima oficializó el fichaje de Gabriel Costa". Infobae (in Spanish). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Cruza la vereda: Gabriel Costa firma por archirrival de Alianza Lima". OneFootball (in Spanish). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. ↑ Del Águila, Joaquín (16 July 2024). "Gabriel Costa: ¿Qué jugadores pasaron por Universitario, Alianza Lima y Sporting Cristal?". Diario Deportivo El Diez (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. ↑ LR, Redacción (28 May 2019). "Oficial: Gabriel Costa obtuvo la nacionalidad peruana". larepublica.pe.
  8. ↑ "Peru vs. Ecuador". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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