Gustavo Costas

Gustavo Costas

Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira
Date of birth	February 28, 1963 (1963-02-28)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982-1992	Racing Club
1992-1994	Locarno
1994-1995	Racing Club
1996-1997	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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira (born February 28, 1963 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine footballer.

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.

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 has returned to Alianza Lima. This year he lead Alianza Lima to play the final against Universitario.

In 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.

External links

• (Spanish) Futbol Peruano profile