Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira (born 28 February 1963) is an

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and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of the Bolivia national team.

Playing career

Born in

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, 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

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, 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

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, 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 Club Alianza Lima, popularly known as Alianza Lima or simply Alianza, is a Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. It is widely known for having one of the most historical and successful football teams i ...

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in 2003. He immediately led them to success in the Clausura 2003, and then saw his team win the

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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 Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...

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

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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

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from Saudi Arabia, but was dismissed on 30 November after due to poor results. On 11 April 2012, Costas became the head coach of

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ian club

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, signing a one-year contract ending in June 2013. He won the first stage which secured Barcelona a spot to the

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and the third stage of the

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. On 2 December, Barcelona won the second stage, automatically becoming the champion of the 2012 Ecuadorian Serie A. Costas has extended his contract until December 2013. On 6 June 2019, Costas was appointed manager of

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. On 20 December 2021, he became manager of

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. 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.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Cerro Porteño *

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vis ...

: 2005 Barcelona *

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Santa Fe *

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: 2014 Finalización, 2016 Finalización * Superliga Colombiana:

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References

External links

Futbol Peruano profile
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