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.
 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) | |||
Club career
editCosta 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
editBorn 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
editClub
edit- 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
editClub
edit- Alianza Lima
- Torneo del Inca (1): 2014
- Sporting Cristal
- Colo-Colo
- Copa Chile (2): 2019, 2021
- Supercopa de Chile (1): 2022
References
edit- ^ "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
edit- Gabriel Costa at National-Football-Teams.com