Logan Evans Costa (born 1 April 2001) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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. Born in France, he plays for the Cape Verde national team.

Early life

Costa was born in Saint-Denis,

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, to a

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an family.

Club career

Having started to play football in

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, Logan Costa joined

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by ...

's youth academy in 2016. A player in Reims's Championnat National 2 reserve starting in the 2018–19 season, Costa captained the side during the following campaign. With a few appearances in the pro squad for the

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games, he was loaned to

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side

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for the 2020–21 season. With Le Mans newly-relegated from

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, 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. After this promising loan spell, Costa was offered a contract extension by Reims, but chose to look elsewhere in search of more game time. With one year left on his contract, several clubs from France, Italy and Germany were interested by the young

, but he was eventually transferred to the

in August 2021. Costa made his professional debut for Toulouse on 13 November 2021, starting and playing every minute of a penalty shoot-out victory over

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in the Coupe de France, in which he helped his team keep a clean sheet. Starting the

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behind Rasmus Nicolaisen,

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and

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, with a team aiming for promotion, Costa first only made bench appearances in

. However, he established himself as a regular starter in the Coupe de France, even scoring his first goal against

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International career

An international with France under-16s and under-17s, Costa was also selected for the French under-19s and under-20s, without playing any official games in a period where most of them were canceled due to

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. On 16 March 2022, he received his first international call-up for the Cape Verde national team. He debuted with Cape Verde in a 2–0

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win over

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. He was later called up to represent Cape Verde at the

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, where he played in all five of their matches before they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Controversy

On 14 May 2023, Costa refused to participate in a Ligue 1 match against

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due to the game being part of a league-wide campaign against

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, with players wearing shirts with rainbow-themed decorations.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Toulouse *

: 2021–22 * Coupe de France:

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References

External links

FFF Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Logan 2001 births Living people Cape Verdean men's footballers French men's footballers Footballers from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis Toulouse FC players Le Mans FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players France men's youth international footballers Cape Verde men's international footballers French sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Men's association football defenders