Logan Costa

Logan Costa (born 1 April 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Toulouse.[1] Born in France, he plays for the Cape Verde national team.

Logan Costa
Costa with Toulouse in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001
Place of birth Saint-Denis, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Toulouse
Number 6
Youth career
2007–2010 ASC Val d'Argenteuil
2010–2016 RFC Argenteuil
2016–2021 Reims
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Reims II 25 (2)
2020–2021 → Le Mans (loan) 26 (0)
2021– Toulouse II 11 (1)
2021– Toulouse 10 (0)
International career‡
2017 France U16 9 (0)
2017 France U17 1 (0)
2022– Cape Verde 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:40, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Early life

Costa was born in Saint-Denis, Île-de-France,[2][3] in a Cape Verdean family.[4][5]

Club career

Having started to play football in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, Logan Costa joined Reims's youth academy in 2016.[6][7]

A player in Reims's Championnat National 2 reserve starting in the 2018–19 season, Costa captained the side during the following campaign.[5][6][8][9] With a few appearances in the pro squad for the Ligue 1 games,[10] he was loaned to Championnat National side Le Mans for the 2020–21 season.[2][8]

With Le Mans newly-relegated from Ligue 2, 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.[2][3][4][11][12]

After this promising loan spell, Costa was offered a contract extension by Reims, but chose to look elsewhere in search of more game time.[3][4] With one year left on his contract, several clubs from France, Italy and Germany were interested by the young centre-back,[2][3][12] but he was eventually transferred to the Toulouse in August 2021.[2][11][13][14]

Costa made his professional debut for Toulouse on 13 November 2021, starting and playing every minute of a penalty shoot-out victory over Libourne in the Coupe de France, in which he helped his team keep a clean sheet.[15][16][17] Starting the season behind Rasmus Nicolaisen, Bafodé Diakité and Anthony Rouault, with a team aiming for promotion,[18][19] Costa first only made bench appearances in Ligue 2.[20] However, he established himself as a regular starter in the Coupe de France, even scoring his first goal against Trélissac.[20][21][22]

International career

An international with France under-16s and under-17s,[8][12][13] Costa was also selected for the French under-19s and under-20s, without playing any official games in a period where most of them where canceled due to COVID-19.[5][6][11][14]

On 16 March 2022, he received his first international call-up for the Cape Verde national team.[23][24] He debuted with Cape Verde in a 2–0 friendly win over Guadeloupe.[25]

Career statistics
As of match played 2 May 2023[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reims B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 60——60
2019–20 Championnat National 2 192——192
Total 252——252
Le Mans (loan) 2020–21 Championnat National 260——260
Toulouse B 2021–22 Championnat National 3 100——100
2022–23 Championnat National 3 11——11
Total 111——111
Toulouse 2021–22 Ligue 2 3041—71
2022–23 Ligue 1 4062—102
Total 70103—173
Career total 69310300796

Honours

Toulouse

References
  1. Logan Costa at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. "Transferts : Logan Costa (Reims) vers Toulouse". L'Équipe (in French). 20 August 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. Valente, Toni (4 July 2021). "Mercato : Logan Costa ne prolongera pas avec le Stade de Reims". MadeinFoot. Ouest-France.
  4. "Stade de Reims, Logan Costa refuse de prolonger". L'Union (in French). 5 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021. Pour le défenseur axial franco-cap-verdien, international U20, qui vient de changer d'agent, le club rémois ne lui offre plus les garanties
  5. "Cinq choses à savoir sur Logan Costa, le nouveau défenseur toulousain". LesViolets.Com (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  6. Musset, Hervé (24 January 2020). "Football (National 2) : Logan Costa, ce jeune discret du Stade de Reims qui s'ouvre". L'Union (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2021. d'abord passé par Argenteuil avant de poursuivre sa formation au Stade de Reims depuis 2016, avait trop envie de jouer.
  7. "Logan costa du RFC Argenteuil signe au Stade de Reims…". Panamefoot (in French). 28 February 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  8. Sabrié, Clémentine (11 July 2020). "Le défenseur central Logan Costa prêté au Mans FC par le Stade de Reims". France Bleu (in French). Le Mans. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  9. "Logan Costa prêté au Mans (National)". Stade de Reims. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  10. "Le Stade de Reims avec Sissoko et Costa face à Saint-Étienne". L'Union (in French). 7 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  11. Ptak, Guillaume (20 August 2021). "Football Ligue 2 : le défenseur du Stade de Reims Logan Costa s'engage avec le Toulouse Football Club". France 3 (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  12. "Logan Costa (Stade de Reims) se rapproche de Toulouse". L'Union (in French). 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  13. Verger, Adrien (20 August 2021). "TFC : Logan Costa est officiellement un joueur toulousain". La Dépêche (in French). Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  14. "Le défenseur Logan Costa s'engage avec le TéFéCé !". Toulouse FC (in French). 20 August 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  15. "Coupe de France - 7e tour : découvrez le 11 de départ du TFC pour le match à Libourne (5e division)". La Dépêche (in French). Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  16. Assemat, Anthony (20 November 2021). "Toulouse. Choc au sommet, record de spectateurs... Tous au Stadium pour TFC-Sochaux !". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  17. Polizzi, Cédric (14 November 2021). "Libourne FC 0-0 (1 tab à 3) TFC : La masterclass de Pettersson, j'y étais pour vous". LesViolets.Com (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  18. "FC Libourne - TFC : Isak Pettersson, Logan Costa, Steve Mvoue, Mamady Bangré, quatre joueurs à relancer". LesViolets.Com (in French). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  19. Desprez, Patrick (20 September 2021). "TFC, pourquoi ça marche ? Ado, Genreau, les recrues, quel cru !". La Dépêche (in French). Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  20. "Ligue 2 - 17e journée : voici les 18 Toulousains retenus par Philippe Montanier pour le déplacement à Niort ce lundi soir". La Dépêche (in French). Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  21. Cassé, Josué (28 November 2021). "CdF : Toulouse vient à bout de Trélissac et se qualifie pour les 32e". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  22. Faham, Bryan (28 November 2021). "Coupe de France. Qualification dans les dernières minutes pour le TFC". Le Journal toulousain (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  23. "Seleção Nacional AA: Os convocados para os três jogos amigáveis em Março" (in Portuguese). Cape Verdean Football Federation. 16 March 2022.
  24. "Cabo Verde divulga lista extensa de convocados. Bebé é estreia" (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 16 March 2022.
  25. "Live events Guadalupe vs Cape Verde – International Friendly 2022". besoccer.com.
  26. Logan Costa at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  27. "Le Toulouse Football Club est champion de Ligue 2 BKT" [Toulouse Football Club is Ligue 2 BKT champion] (in French). Toulouse FC. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  28. Mayen, Philippe (29 April 2023). "Ô Toulouse... FC !" [O Toulouse...FC!!]. FFF - Fédération Française de Football (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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