- Gustavo Costas
Football player infobox
playername = Gustavo Costas
fullname = Gustavo Adolfo Costas
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|2|17
cityofbirth =Buenos Aires
countryofbirth =Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1982-1992
1992-1994
1994-1995
1996-1997
clubs = Racing Club
Locarno
Racing Club
Gimnasia de Jujuy
caps(goals) = 298 (6) (total)
130 (12)
(see above)
34 (1)
manageryears = 1999-2000
2001-2003
2003-2004
2005-2006
2007
2008
managerclubs = Racing Club
Guaraní
Alianza Lima
Cerro Porteño
Racing Club
Olimpia
pcupdate = 24 October 2007Gustavo Adolfo Costas (born February 17, 1961 in
Buenos Aires ) is a retired Argentine footballer. He played most of his career forRacing Club de Avellaneda and has gone on to become a successful football manager.Playing career
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.
Titles as a player
Managerial career
Costas cut his teeth as a manager as joint manager of Racing Club with
Humberto Maschio between 1999 and 2000.In 2001 he took over at
Paraguay an club Guaraní where he stayed until 2003.Costas then took charge as manager of
Alianza Lima inPeru in 2003, he immediately led them to success in the Clausura 2003, and then saw his team win thePrimera 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.Managerial titles
External links
*es icon [http://www.peru.com/futbol/especial/nacional2004/dt/ Futbol Peruano profile]
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