Gustavo Costas

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Gustavo Costas
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Adolfo Costas
Date of birth	February 17, 1961 (1961-02-17) (age 47)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982-1992 1992-1994 1994-1995 1996-1997	Racing Club Locarno Racing Club Gimnasia de Jujuy	298 (6) (total) 130 (12) (see above) 34 (1)
Teams managed
1999-2000 2001-2003 2003-2004 2005-2006 2007 2008	Racing Club Guaraní Alianza Lima Cerro Porteño Racing Club Olimpia
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Gustavo Adolfo Costas (born February 17, 1961 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine footballer. He played most of his career for Racing Club de Avellaneda and has gone on to become a successful football manager.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Titles as a player 2 Managerial career 2.1 Managerial titles 3 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Titles as a player

Season	Team	Title
1988	Racing Club	Supercopa Sudamericana
1988	Racing Club	Supercopa Interamericana

[edit] 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 Paraguayan club Guaraní where he stayed until 2003.

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.

[edit] Managerial titles

Season	Team	Title
2003	Alianza Lima	Peruvian Clausura
2003	Alianza Lima	Primera División Peruana
2004	Alianza Lima	Peruvian Apertura
2004	Alianza Lima	Primera División Peruana
2005	Cerro Porteño	Paraguayan Apertura
2005	Cerro Porteño	Paraguayan Clausura
2005	Cerro Porteño	Liga Paraguaya

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Futbol Peruano profile