Gabriel Costa (footballer)
 Costa with Colo-Colo in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Basilio Gabriel Costa Heredia | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | San Carlos, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universitario | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| River Plate Montevideo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 14 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2022 | Peru | 12 | (0) |
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*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.
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.
In his homeland, Costa played for Bella Vista and 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
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other1 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bella Vista | 2012–13 | 11 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Rentistas | 2013–14 | 14 | 4 | — | 14 | 4 | |||||
| Alianza Lima | 2014 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 42 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 42 | 14 | ||
| Total | 60 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 27 | |
| Sporting Cristal | 2016 | 17 | 3 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 23 | 4 | ||
| 2017 | 30 | 2 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
| 2018 | 43 | 26 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 45 | 26 | |||
| Total | 90 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 32 | |
| Colo-Colo | 2019 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 |
| Total | 187 | 60 | 23 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 70 | |
1 Includes Superliga Colombiana
Honours
Club
- Alianza Lima
- Torneo del Inca (1): 2014
- Sporting Cristal
- Colo-Colo
- Copa Chile (2): 2019, 2021
- Supercopa de Chile (1): 2022
References
- ^ "Gabriel Costa afirmó que el tiempo le dio la razón". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 3 May 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Hereña, Gianfranco (4 February 2014). "Gabriel Costa: Que ligue el recuerdo". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Alianza Lima oficializó el fichaje de Gabriel Costa". Infobae (in Spanish). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Cruza la vereda: Gabriel Costa firma por archirrival de Alianza Lima". OneFootball (in Spanish). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ LR, Redacción (28 May 2019). "Oficial: Gabriel Costa obtuvo la nacionalidad peruana". larepublica.pe.
- ^ "Peru vs. Ecuador". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
External links
- Gabriel Costa at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from San Carlos, Uruguay
- Footballers from Maldonado Department
- Peruvian men's footballers
- Peruvian expatriate men's footballers
- Peru men's international footballers
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguayan emigrants to Peru
- Naturalized citizens of Peru
- Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players
- Rocha F.C. players
- C.A. Bella Vista players
- C.A. Rentistas players
- Club Alianza Lima footballers
- Sporting Cristal footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Club Universitario de Deportes footballers
- Uruguayan Segunda División players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Men's association football midfielders