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Gustavo Costas

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Gustavo Costas
Costas with Racing Club in 1986
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira
Date of birth (1963-02-28) 28 February 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Racing Club (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1992 Racing Club
1992–1994 Locarno
1994–1995 Racing Club
1996–1997 Gimnasia de Jujuy
Managerial career
1999–2000 Racing Club (Joint with Humberto Maschio)
2001–2003 Guaraní
2003–2004 Alianza Lima
2005–2006 Cerro Porteño
2007 Racing Club
2008 Olimpia
2009–2011 Alianza Lima
2011 Al Nassr
2012–2013 Barcelona SC
2014–2015 Santa Fe
2016 Atlas
2016–2017 Santa Fe
2017–2018 Al-Fayha
2019–2021 Guaraní
2022 Palestino
2022–2023 Bolivia
2024– Racing Club
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira (born 28 February 1963) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current head coach of Primera División club Racing Club.

Playing career

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Born in Buenos Aires, 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. He left Racing in 1992 to join Swiss team Locarno, after playing over 100 games for them he returned to Racing in 1994.

Costas left Racing again 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.

Managerial career

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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, Costas 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, he became the 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 returned to Alianza Lima and led them to play the final against Universitario. On 18 July 2011, he signed for Al Nassr from Saudi Arabia, but was dismissed on 30 November after due to poor results.

On 11 April 2012, Costas became the head coach of Ecuadorian club Barcelona SC,[1] signing a one-year contract ending in June 2013. He won the first stage which secured Barcelona a spot to the 2012 Copa Sudamericana, 2013 Copa Libertadores and the third stage of the Ecuadorian Serie A.[2] On 2 December, Barcelona won the second stage, automatically becoming the champion of the 2012 Ecuadorian Serie A.[3] Costas has extended his contract until December 2013.[4]

On 6 June 2019, Costas was appointed manager of Guaraní.[5] On 20 December 2021, he became manager of Palestino.[6]

On 19 August 2022, Costas was presented as manager of the Bolivia national team, effective as the following November, once his season with Palestino ended.[7] On 25 October 2023, he was sacked.

Managerial statistics

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As of 6 November 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Racing Club Argentina 1 January 1999 22 May 2000 50 14 18 18 028.0
Guaraní Paraguay 1 July 2001 10 April 2003 62 25 12 25 040.3
Alianza Lima Peru 21 April 2003 31 December 2004 94 54 20 20 057.4
Cerro Porteño Paraguay 1 January 2005 25 April 2007 117 67 26 24 057.3
Racing Club Argentina 5 May 2007 4 December 2007 24 9 5 10 037.5
Olimpia Paraguay 1 January 2008 29 August 2008 29 9 6 14 031.0
Alianza Lima Peru 1 January 2009 17 July 2011 118 58 29 31 049.2
Al Nassr Saudi Arabia 18 July 2011 29 November 2011 10 4 2 4 040.0
Barcelona SC Ecuador 11 April 2012 10 August 2013 76 33 24 19 043.4
Santa Fe Colombia 1 July 2014 30 May 2015 75 41 16 18 054.7
Atlas Mexico 1 January 2016 27 April 2016 21 4 5 12 019.0
Santa Fe Colombia 21 July 2016 9 June 2017 60 25 20 15 041.7
Al-Fayha Saudi Arabia 6 November 2017 15 October 2018 25 10 7 8 040.0
Guaraní Paraguay 1 June 2019 14 June 2021 100 49 23 28 049.0
Palestino Chile 1 January 2022 13 November 2022 32 13 10 9 040.6
Bolivia Bolivia 14 November 2022 17 October 2023 10 1 1 8 010.0
Racing Club Argentina 15 December 2023 present 49 27 8 14 055.1
Total 952 443 232 277 046.5

Honours

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Player

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Racing Club

Manager

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Alianza Lima

Cerro Porteño

Barcelona

Santa Fe

References

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  1. ^ Gustavo Costas: Nuevo entrenador de Barcelona S.C.
  2. ^ Barcelona de dt costas gana primera fase de torneo ecuatoriano[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ ¡Barcelona Campeón!
  4. ^ Gustavo Costas extiende su contrato con Barcelona hasta diciembre del 2013
  5. ^ Costas dirigirá a Guaraní, tigosports.com.py, 6 June 2019
  6. ^ Gustavo Costas es el nuevo entrenador de Palestino para la temporada 2022
  7. ^ "Gustavo Costas firmó como nuevo entrenador de Bolivia: "Cambiemos la mentalidad"" [Gustavo Costas signed as new manager of Bolivia: "We will switch the mentality"] (in Spanish). ESPN. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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