Gustavo Costas

Gustavo Costas
	Costas with Racing Club in 1986
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira
Date of birth	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
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

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

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

As of 17 November 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Racing Club		1 January 1999	22 May 2000	50	14	18	18	028.0
Guaraní		1 July 2001	10 April 2003	62	25	12	25	040.3
Alianza Lima		21 April 2003	31 December 2004	94	54	20	20	057.4
Cerro Porteño		1 January 2005	25 April 2007	117	67	26	24	057.3
Racing Club		5 May 2007	4 December 2007	24	9	5	10	037.5
Olimpia		1 January 2008	29 August 2008	29	9	6	14	031.0
Alianza Lima		1 January 2009	17 July 2011	118	58	29	31	049.2
Al Nassr		18 July 2011	29 November 2011	10	4	2	4	040.0
Barcelona SC		11 April 2012	10 August 2013	76	33	24	19	043.4
Santa Fe		1 July 2014	30 May 2015	75	41	16	18	054.7
Atlas		1 January 2016	27 April 2016	21	4	5	12	019.0
Santa Fe		21 July 2016	9 June 2017	60	25	20	15	041.7
Al-Fayha		6 November 2017	15 October 2018	25	10	7	8	040.0
Guaraní		1 June 2019	14 June 2021	100	49	23	28	049.0
Palestino		1 January 2022	13 November 2022	32	13	10	9	040.6
Bolivia		14 November 2022	17 October 2023	10	1	1	8	010.0
Racing Club		15 December 2023	present	51	29	8	14	056.9
Total				954	445	232	277	046.6