Gabriel Costa (footballer)
Uruguayan footballer (born 1990)
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Basilio Gabriel Costa Heredia (born 2 April 1990), known as Gabriel Costa, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo). Born in Uruguay, Costa represents Peru internationally.
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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 | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) | ||
| 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) |
| 2024–2025 | Universitario | 31 | (1) |
| 2026- | Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2022 | Peru | 12 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:24, 23 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:24, 23 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Costa 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. Costa signed for Bella Vista in 2012, where he made his debut in the Uruguayan First Division under manager Guillermo Sanguinetti.
The next season, he played for 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
Career statistics
Club
- 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
Club
- Alianza Lima
- Torneo del Inca (1): 2014
- Sporting Cristal
- Colo-Colo
- Copa Chile (2): 2019, 2021
- Supercopa de Chile (1): 2022
- Universitario de Deportes