Gustavo Costas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira | ||
Date of birth | 28 February 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Palestino (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1992 | Racing Club | ||
1992–1994 | Locarno | ||
1994–1995 | Racing Club | ||
1996–1997 | Arsenal de Sarandí | ||
Gimnasia de Jujuy | |||
Teams managed | |||
1999–2000 | Racing Club | ||
2001–2003 | Guaraní | ||
2003–2004 | Alianza Lima | ||
2005–2006 | Cerro Porteño | ||
2007 | Racing Club | ||
2008 | Olimpia | ||
2009–2011 | Alianza Lima | ||
2011 | Al Nassr | ||
2012–2013 | Barcelona SC | ||
2014–2015 | Santa Fe | ||
2016 | Atlas | ||
2016–2017 | Santa Fe | ||
2017–2018 | Al-Fayha | ||
2019–2021 | Guaraní | ||
2022– | Palestino | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira (born 28 February 1963) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Chilean club Palestino.
Career[]
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Born in Buenos Aires, Costas started his playing career in 1982 with Racing Club, in 1983 the club suffered a disastrous relegation from the Primera División. Costas became a key part of the team that won promotion back to the Primera in 1985.
In 1988 Costas was part of the Racing Club team that won the Supercopa Sudamericana, their first major title in 21 years, they then went on to win the less prestigious Supercopa Interamaricana.
Costas left Racing Club in 1992 to join Swiss team FC Locarno, after playing over 100 games for them he returned to Racing club in 1994.
Costas left Racing Club in 1995 having played in a club record 298 games, scoring six goals. He joined Gimnasia de Jujuy where he played until his retirement in 1997.
Costas then took charge as manager of Alianza Lima in Peru in 2003, he immediately led them to success in the Clausura 2003, and then saw his team win the Primera División Peruana final against Sporting Cristal.
In 2004, he led Alianza to the Apertura 2004 title and another chance to win the final of the Primera División where they again defeated Sporting Cristal, this time 5-4 on penalties.
In 2005 Costas became manager of Cerro Porteño in Paraguay, under his leadership the club won both the Apertura and Clausura in 2005 to be crowned undisputed national champions.
In 2007 Costas returned to Racing Club for his second spell in charge of "La Academia". Costas has currently signed a 2-year contract to manage Olimpia of Paraguay starting at the 2008 season.
In 2009 Costas returned to Alianza Lima and led them to play the final against Universitario.
On 18 July 2011, he signed for Al Nassr FC from Saudi Arabia.
On November 30, 2011 Due to its very poor season as coach of Al Nassr FC and all the fans angry with his work, club officials decided to end his contract.
On April 11, 2012 Costas became the head coach of Ecuadorian club Barcelona.[1] Costas had signed a one-year contract ending in June 2013. Costas won the first stage which secured Barcelona a spot to the 2012 Copa Sudamericana, 2013 Copa Libertadores and the third stage of the Ecuadorian Serie A.[2] On December 2, 2012 Barcelona won the second stage, automatically becoming the champion of the 2012 Ecuadorian Serie A.[3] Costas has extended his contract until December 2013.[4]
On 6 June 2019, Costas was appointed manager of Club Guaraní.[5]
Managerial statistics[]
Managerial statistics[]
- As of 20 March 2022
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Racing Club | 1 January 1999 | 22 May 2000 | 35 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 25.7 | |
Guaraní | 1 July 2001 | 10 April 2003 | 71 | 30 | 14 | 27 | 42.3 | |
Alianza Lima | 21 April 2003 | 31 December 2004 | 97 | 55 | 21 | 21 | 56.7 | |
Cerro Porteño | 1 January 2005 | 25 April 2007 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 37.5 | |
Racing Club | 5 May 2007 | 4 December 2007 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36.7 | |
Olimpia | 1 January 2008 | 29 August 2008 | 48 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 31.3 | |
Alianza Lima | 1 January 2009 | 17 July 2011 | 111 | 55 | 25 | 31 | 49.5 | |
Al Nassr | 18 July 2011 | 29 November 2011 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28.6 | |
Barcelona SC | 11 April 2012 | 10 August 2013 | 76 | 33 | 24 | 19 | 43.4 | |
Santa Fe | 1 July 2014 | 30 May 2015 | 50 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 54.0 | |
Atlas | 1 January 2016 | 27 April 2016 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19.0 | |
Santa Fe | 21 July 2016 | 9 June 2017 | 53 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 41.5 | |
Al-Fayha | 6 November 2017 | 15 October 2018 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30.0 | |
Guaraní | 1 June 2019 | 14 June 2021 | 100 | 49 | 22 | 29 | 49.0 | |
Palestino | 1 January 2022 | present | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28.6 | |
Total | 760 | 332 | 201 | 227 | 43.7 |
Achievements[]
As a manager[]
Cerro Porteño
- Primera División de Paraguay (1): 2005
Barcelona
- Serie A (1): 2012
Santa Fe
- Primera A (2): 2014 Finalización, 2016 Finalización
- Superliga Colombiana (1): 2015
- Suruga Bank Championship (1): 2016
References[]
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gustavo Costas. |
- Futbol Peruano profile (in Spanish)
- Gustavo Costas coach profile at Soccerway
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine footballers
- Association football defenders
- Barcelona S.C. managers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers
- Argentine football managers
- Racing Club de Avellaneda managers
- Club Alianza Lima managers
- Club Olimpia managers
- FC Locarno players
- Al-Nassr FC managers
- Independiente Santa Fe managers
- Atlas F.C. managers
- Club Guaraní managers
- Club Deportivo Palestino managers
- Saudi Professional League managers
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate football managers in Chile
- Expatriate football managers in Colombia
- Expatriate football managers in Paraguay
- Expatriate football managers in Ecuador
- Expatriate football managers in Peru
- Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia