Logan Costa

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Logan Evans Costa (born 1 April 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Villarreal. Born in France, he represents the Cape Verde national team.

Full name Logan Evans Costa[1]
Date of birth (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Saint-Denis, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
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Logan Costa
Costa with Toulouse in 2023
Personal information
Full name Logan Evans Costa[1]
Date of birth (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Saint-Denis, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Villarreal
Number 2
Youth career
2007–2010 ASC Val d'Argenteuil
2010–2016 RFC Argenteuil
2016–2021 Reims
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Reims B 25 (2)
2020–2021Le Mans (loan) 26 (0)
2021–2023 Toulouse B 11 (1)
2021–2024 Toulouse 41 (1)
2024– Villarreal 32 (2)
International career
2017 France U16 9 (0)
2017 France U17 1 (0)
2022– Cape Verde 26 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:35, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
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Costa is a former French youth international, having represented them at U16 and U17 level, before switching to play for Cape Verde in 2022.

Early life

Costa was born in Saint-Denis, Île-de-France,[2][3] to a Cape Verdean family.[4][5]

Club career

Having started to play football in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, Costa joined the youth academy of Reims in 2016.[6][7]

A player in Reims's Championnat National 2 reserve starting in the 2018–19 season, Costa captained the side during the following campaign.[5][6][8][9] With a few first-team appearances in Ligue 1 games,[10] he was loaned to Championnat National side Le Mans for the 2020–21 season.[2][8]

With Le Mans newly relegated from Ligue 2, he was one of the standout players in the team, and a revelation of the Championnat National, starting and playing the entirety of 26 games, as the club only narrowly missed the promotion play-offs.[2][3][4][11][12]

After this promising loan spell, Costa was offered a contract extension by Reims, but chose to look elsewhere in search of more game time.[3][4] With one year left on his contract, several clubs from France, Italy and Germany were interested in signing him.[2][3][12] He was eventually transferred to Toulouse in August 2021.[2][11][13][14]

Costa made his professional debut for Toulouse on 13 November 2021, starting and playing every minute of a penalty shoot-out victory over Libourne in the Coupe de France, in which he helped his team keep a clean sheet.[15][16][17] Starting the season behind Rasmus Nicolaisen, Bafodé Diakité and Anthony Rouault, with a team aiming for promotion,[18][19] Costa first only made bench appearances in Ligue 2.[20] However, he established himself as a regular starter in the Coupe de France, even scoring his first goal against Trélissac.[20][21][22]

On 22 August 2024, Costa joined La Liga club Villarreal on a six-year deal.[23] He made his debut for the club on 26 August, coming on as a substitute in a league win over Celta Vigo.[24] On 14 September, he scored his first goal for Villarreal in a 2–1 victory against Mallorca.[25]

International career

Costa was a youth international for France, playing with the under-16 and under-17 teams.[8][12][13] He was also selected for the under-19s and under-20s, without playing any official games in a period where most of them were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6][11][14]

On 16 March 2022, he received his first international call-up for the Cape Verde national team.[26][27] He debuted with Cape Verde in a 2–0 friendly win over Guadeloupe.[28] He was later named in Cape Verde's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations,[29] where he played in all five of their matches before they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.[30]

Controversy

On 14 May 2023, Costa refused to participate in a Ligue 1 match against Nantes due to the game being part of a league-wide campaign against homophobia, with players wearing shirts with rainbow-themed decorations.[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 May 2025[32]
More information Club, Season ...
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reims B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 6060
2019–20 Championnat National 2 192192
Total 252252
Le Mans (loan) 2020–21 Championnat National 26000260
Toulouse B 2021–22 Championnat National 3 100100
2022–23 Championnat National 3 1111
Total 111111
Toulouse 2021–22 Ligue 2 304171
2022–23 Ligue 1 6062122
2023–24 Ligue 1 311007[a]000381
2024–25 Ligue 1 1010
Total 4111037000584
Vllarreal 2024–25 La Liga 32220342
Career total 135612370001549
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  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 10 October 2024[33]
More information National team, Year ...
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cape Verde 202240
202350
2024130
Total220
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Honours

References

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