Full name Tomas Alberto Costa Weight 74 kg Number 5 Height 1.86 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Tomas Costa Career start 2006 | |
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Date of birth (1985-01-30) 30 January 1985 (age 30) Current team Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica (#5 / Midfielder) | ||
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Tomás Alberto Costa (born 30 January 1985) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Uruguayan club Peñarol as a central midfielder.
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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 Primera División 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 FC Porto on a five-year contract for a reported fee of €3.2 million. He made his Primeira Liga debut with his new club on 24 August, 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; on 3 May 2009, he scored his first goal for the Portuguese in a 3–0 win at C.S. Marítimo, and finished his debut campaign with 41 appearances across all competitions, 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.
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. On 3 March, he scored a vital long-range goal to help UC to a 4–3 away win against Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield in the season's Copa Libertadores, the club's first ever away win against an Argentine team in the competition.
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– 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, being voted best player in the country at the end of the first season in his second spell.