Richard Costa

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Richard Costa
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Goa, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Churchill Brothers
Number 33
Youth career
Churchill Brothers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2017 Churchill Brothers 20 (0)
2017–2018 East Bengal 0 (0)
2018– Churchill Brothers 54 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:34, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

Richard Costa (born 5 January 1992) is an Indian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Churchill Brothers in the I-League. He is currently the captain of the team.

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Career

Churchill Brothers

Costa, after going through his youth career at Churchill Brothers, [1] made his debut for the senior squad in the I-League on 11 October 2012 against ONGC at the Fatorda Stadium, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for Bikramjit Singh in a match that Churchill won 5–0. [2]

East Bengal

In May 2017, East Bengal announced the signing of Richard Costa and Surabuddin Mullick from Churchill Brothers. [3] On 12 January 2018, East Bengal released Gabriel Fernandes and Richard Costa from their squad. [4]

Churchill Brothers

Costa returned to his previous club Churchill Brothers after he got released from East Bengal. [4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 November 2022 [5]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Churchill Brothers 2012–13 I-League 10001 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2013–14 30004 [lower-alpha 1] 070
2016–17 1603 [lower-alpha 2] 0190
Churchill total2003050280
East Bengal 2017–18 I-League000000
Churchill Brothers 2017–18 802 [lower-alpha 3] 0100
2018–19 16000160
2019–20 400040
2020–21 600060
2021–22 18000180
2022–23 210021
Churchill total5412000561
Career total7415050841
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in Super Cup

Honour

Goa lusophony

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References

  1. "Churchill Bros edge Sporting". Navhind Times. Retrieved 22 October 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Noronha, Anselm (11 October 2012). "Churchill Brothers SC 5–0 ONGC FC: The Red Machine demolish Subrata Bhattacharya's side". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. Parasar, Swapnaneel. "East Bengal sign Brandon Vanlalremdika, Surabuddin Mullick and Richard Costa; promote youth team players". goal.com. Goal India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 Kundu, Sagnik. "I-League 2017/18: East Bengal reportedly release Goan duo Richard Costa and Gabriel Fernandes". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda India. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. Richard Costa at Soccerway
  6. Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament Archived 8 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine blog.cpdfootball.de. Retrieved 7 September 2021