Tomás Costa

Tomás Costa
Personal information
Full nameTomás Alberto Costa
Date of birth30 January 1985
Place of birthOliveros, Argentina
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Universidad Católica
Number5
Youth career
2003–2005Rosario Central
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2008Rosario Central47(3)
2008–2011Porto41(2)
2010→ CFR Cluj (loan)6(0)
2011→ Universidad Católica (loan)17(2)
2011–2012Colón22(1)
2012–Universidad Católica78(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Tomás Alberto Costa (born 30 January 1985) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica in the Chilean Primera División, as a central midfielder.

Club career

Rosario Central

Born in Oliveros, Santa Fe, Costa joined Rosario Central's youth ranks at the age of 18. He made his first-team and top division debut in a 1–0 win against Estudiantes de La Plata, taking the pitch in the 85th minute; his first start occurred in a 1–1 draw against Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba.

After of the departure of Néstor Gorosito and the arrival of Carlos Ischia, Costa received more playing time. In the 2007 Clausura he scored his first goal for Rosario, in a 2–0 win over Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, and often appeared in the starting XI.

Porto

On 14 May 2008 Costa was transferred to F.C. Porto on a five-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of €3.2 million.[1] On 24 August he made his league debut with his new club, starting in a 2–0 home win against C.F. Os Belenenses and playing for 75 minutes. He appeared in all ten games in the season's UEFA Champions League, his first being a 3–1 home success over Fenerbahçe SK;[2] on 3 May 2009 he scored his first goal for the Portuguese in a 3–0 win at C.S. Marítimo,[3] and finished his debut campaign with 41 official appearances, including 22 minutes in the final of the Portuguese Cup, in an eventual double.

On 31 August 2010, Costa joined CFR Cluj of Romania. After six Liga I and two Champions League appearances he was recalled by Porto but, in the following transfer window, he moved to Club Deportivo Universidad Católica in Chile as a replacement for Al Ain SCC-bound Milovan Mirosevic, being officially presented on 25 January after agreeing to a six-month loan.[4]

Costa made his official debut against Unión La Calera in a 1–2 Primera División defeat at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán on 12 February 2011, starting the match as right back and being replaced by Santiago Dittborn.[5] On 3 March he scored a vital long-range goal to help UC to a 4–3 away win against Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield in the season's Copa Libertadores, the club's first ever away win against an Argentine team in the competition.[6]

On 23 April 2011 Costa netted his first league goal for Universidad Católica, after a notable free kick against Cobresal in a 5–3 win[7]– his solid performances overall made him a regular starter in the Juan Antonio Pizzi-led side, which qualified to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana. In the national championship playoffs finals against Club Universidad de Chile he scored in the first leg in a 2–0 home success, but was sent off in the decider (1–4 loss, 3–4 on aggregate).

Universidad Católica

In August 2011 Costa returned to Argentina, joining Club Atlético Colón again on loan. The following year he moved back to both Chile and Universidad,[8] being voted best player in the country at the end of the first season in his second spell.[9]

Honours

Club

Porto

References

  1. ↑ "El argentino Tomás Costa, nuevo jugador del Oporto" [Argentine Tomás Costa, new Porto player] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Porto get it right to see off Fenerbahçe". UEFA.com. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "El Oporto, a un paso del título liguero tras golear al Marítimo" [Porto, inches away from national title after Marítimo rout] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Presentan al argentino Tomás Costa en U. Católica de Chile (Argentine Tomás Costa presented at Chile's U. Católica); Spanish News, 26 January 2011 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ "U. La Calera batió a Universidad Católica y derribó su invicto en el Apertura" [U. La Calera beat Universidad Católica and ended its Apertura winning streak] (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  6. ↑ Tomás Costa vs Vélez – Golazo (Tomás Costa vs Vélez – Wonder goal); Fútbol Fútbol Fútbol (Spanish)
  7. ↑ "Feliz cumpleaños: la UC goleó a Cobresal" [Happy birthday: UC routed Cobresal] (in Spanish). El Dínamo. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Oficial: Universidad Católica, presentado Tomás Costa" [Official: Universidad Católica, Tomás Costa presented] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Tomás Costa el "Botín de Oro"" [Tomás Costa the "Botín de Oro"] (in Spanish). Goal.com. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

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