Tino Costa

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Tino Costa
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Costa with Spartak Moscow in 2013
Personal information
Full name Alberto Facundo Costa
Date of birth (1985-01-09) 9 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Las Flores, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Pau
Number 85
Youth career
1996–2002 La Terrazza
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Racing Club B-T
2004–2005 RCF Paris 28 (3)
2005–2007 Pau 62 (4)
2007–2008 Sète 29 (3)
2008–2010 Montpellier 66 (15)
2010–2013 Valencia 84 (10)
2013–2016 Spartak Moscow 31 (3)
2015–2016 → Genoa (loan) 18 (2)
2016 → Fiorentina (loan) 7 (0)
2016–2017 San Lorenzo 8 (0)
2017–2018 Almería 14 (2)
2018–2019 San Martín Tucumán 13 (4)
2019–2020 Atlético Nacional 11 (1)
2020–2023 San Martín Tucumán 48 (6)
2023 Deportivo Morón 2 (0)
2023– Pau 1 (0)
International career
2011–2012 Argentina 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2024

Alberto Facundo "Tino" Costa (born 9 January 1985) is an Argentinian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Ligue 2 club Pau. He is known for his technical skill, penalty-taking, his free kick ability and his pin-point passing.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Costa, commonly known as Tino, began his career in Argentina playing for local club La Terrazza. At the age of 17, he made the highly risky decision of leaving the country for the island of Guadeloupe to play for Racing Club de Basse-Terre in the Guadeloupe Division d'Honneur. During his time there, he went to school and worked at a supermarket. [1]

Costa spent two years at the island club helping the club win the league and cup double. He played in the 2004 edition of the Coupe de Guadeloupe final helping his club defeat AS Gosier by a score of 3–1. After two years in Guadeloupe, [2] his great play caught the attention of Racing Club de Paris, who offered the player a trial. [3] Racing, who were playing in the third-tier National, signed the player and Costa played one season for the club appearing in 28 total matches scoring 3 goals.

Pau

The following season, Costa joined Pau FC, another club in the National. At Pau, he appeared in 62 total matches scoring 4 goals with Pau barely avoiding relegation in both years he spent there. [4]

Sète

After leaving Pau, Costa joined his third National club in FC Sète. There, he became a household name in the league appearing in 29 total matches scoring 3 goals helping Sète come within seven points of promotion. He also assisted on several goals and collected nine yellow cards. For his efforts, he was named the league's top player, which led to interest from clubs in the higher divisions.

Montpellier

Costa signed with Montpellier of Ligue 2 for the 2008–09 season, after agreeing to a three-year contract. He made his debut for the club in their opening match of the season, playing the full 90 minutes in their loss to Strasbourg. [5] He scored his first career goal for the club a few weeks later in their 4–0 demolition of Reims. [6] He was held scoreless for the majority of the fall season, before returning to form mid-season scoring a brace against Boulogne. [7] In a span of six weeks, during the latter part of the season, Costa scored goals against Dijon, [8] Châteauroux, [9] Brest, [10] and Clermont. [11] As a result, Montpellier were among the head of the pack for promotion to Ligue 1. The club's future was determined on the final day of the season with a 2–1 victory over Strasbourg, who were also fighting for promotion. Costa scored the eventual game-winning goal in the 19th minute helping Montpellier return to Ligue 1 play. [12] For the entire season, Costa scored 8 goals and assisted on 11 goals. He was nominated for the Ligue 2 Player of the Year award, but lost out to the Cameroonian Paul Alo'o.

Following the season, several Ligue 1 clubs began inquiring for Costa's services, most notably RC Lens and Toulouse. [13] However, Costa refuted any claims of leaving the city of Montpellier and signed a contract extension on 1 July 2009 until the year 2013. [14] Despite missing the club's opening 1–1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain, Costa made his Ligue 1 debut against Lorient scoring the club's opening goal in the 60th minute. The match ended in a 2–2 draw. [15] The following week, he scored again, this time in a 2–0 victory over Sochaux. [16] Two weeks later, he converted a 39th-minute penalty against Lens. The goal turned out to be the winner. [17]

Valencia

On 1 July 2010, Costa joined La Liga club Valencia on a four-year contract for a transfer fee of €6.5 million. He scored his first goal for Valencia on his debut in the UEFA Champions League. The midfielder shot accurately from 30 yards out, and Valencia went on to win 0–4 at Bursaspor. He scored his first league goal for Valencia against Getafe on 14 November 2010. On 18 December he scored his second league goal from 35 yards out when he converted a free-kick against Real Sociedad.

He acquired French nationality by naturalization in 2011. [18]

Spartak Moscow

On 5 June 2013, it was announced that Costa left Valencia to go to Russian giants Spartak Moscow for €7 million transfer fee. [19]

Loans to Genoa and Fiorentina

It was confirmed that Costa would join Serie A side Genoa for the 2015–16 season. On 15 January 2016, Fiorentina confirmed the six-month loan signing of Costa with the view to a permanent option at the end of the season.

San Lorenzo

On the midnight 21 July 2016 it was announced that Costa left Spartak to go to Argentinian giants San Lorenzo as a free agent. [20] However, he only appeared in eight matches for the club during his spell.

Almería

On 1 August 2017, Costa signed a one-year deal with UD Almería in Segunda División. [21] He contributed with two goals in only 14 appearances, as his season was marred by injuries.

Second stint at Pau

In September 2023, at the age of 38, and having been without a club since last March, Tino Costa has signed a one-year contract with Pau FC, one of his first professional clubs, where he played for two seasons between 2005 and 2007. Without a club since March, Costa had been training with Pau since September 4. Costa's excellent physical condition prompted the Maynats' officials to offer him a one-year contract. [22]

Career statistics

As of 1 August 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [nb 1] Europe [nb 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
RC Basse-Terre 2003–04 Guadeloupe Division of Honour ––––––––
Racing Paris 2004–05 National 2830000283
Pau 2005–06 National3121000322
2006–07 National3121000322
Total6242000644
Sète 2007–08 National2930000293
Montpellier 2008–09 Ligue 2 3582000378
2009–10 Ligue 1 3172000337
Total661540007015
Valencia 2010–11 [23] La Liga 2441072326
2011–12 [23] La Liga2755191417
2012–13 [23] La Liga3113280423
Total82109324311516
Spartak Moscow 2013–14 [24] Russian Premier League 2431020273
2014–15 [24] Russian Premier League70100080
Total3132020353
Genoa (loan) 2014–15 [24] Serie A 62000062
2015–16 [24] Serie A1200000120
Total1820000182
Fiorentina (loan) 2015–16 [24] Serie A70001080
San Lorenzo 2016–17 [24] Argentine Primera División 802030130
Almería 2017–18 [24] Segunda División 1421000152
San Martín Tucumán 2018–19 [24] Argentine Primera División1342000154
Atlético Nacional 2019 [24] Categoría Primera A 912000111
2020 [24] Categoría Primera A20000020
Total1112000131
San Martín Tucumán 2020 [24] Primera B Nacional 00000000
Career total3694724330342353
  1. ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Coupe de Guadeloupe, Trophée des Champions
  2. ↑ Includes UEFA Supercup

Honours

Racing Club B-T

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References

  1. ↑ Tino Costa: "Me gustaría jugar en San Lorenzo" elgrafico.com.ar
  2. ↑ Valencia's Costa takes long road to the top uaefa.com
  3. ↑ "Alberto Costa: Globetrotter". Ligue de Football Professionnel . 21 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Alberto Costa joueur de Montpellier". Foot-National. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Strasbourg v. Montpellier Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel . 4 August 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
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  21. ↑ "Tino Costa se convierte en nuevo jugador de la UD Almería" [Tino Costa becomes the new player of UD Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  22. ↑ "Transferts : Tino Costa fait son retour à Pau". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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