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Logan Costa
Costa with Toulouse in 2023
Personal information
Full name Logan Evans Costa[1]
Date of birth (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Saint-Denis, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Villarreal
Number 2
Youth career
2007–2010 ASC Val d'Argenteuil
2010–2016 RFC Argenteuil
2016–2021 Reims
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Reims B 25 (2)
2020–2021 → Le Mans (loan) 26 (0)
2021–2023 Toulouse B 11 (1)
2021–2024 Toulouse 41 (1)
2024– Villarreal 1 (0)
International career‡
2017 France U16 9 (0)
2017 France U17 1 (0)
2022– Cape Verde 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:28, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:35, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Logan Evans Costa (born 1 April 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Villarreal. Born in France, he plays for the Cape Verde national team.

Early life

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

Club career

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Having started to play football in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, Costa joined the youth academy of Reims 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 first-team appearances in 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 in signing him.[2][3][12] He was eventually transferred to 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]

On 22 August 2024, Costa joined La Liga club Villarreal on a six-year deal.[23] He made his debut for the club on 26 August, coming on as a substitute in a league win over Celta Vigo.[24] On 14 September, he scored his first goal for Villarreal in a 2–1 victory against Mallorca.[25]

International career

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

On 16 March 2022, he received his first international call-up for the Cape Verde national team.[26][27] He debuted with Cape Verde in a 2–0 friendly win over Guadeloupe.[28] He was later named in Cape Verde's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations,[29] where he played in all five of their matches before they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.[30]

Controversy

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On 14 May 2023, Costa refused to participate in a Ligue 1 match against Nantes due to the game being part of a league-wide campaign against homophobia, with players wearing shirts with rainbow-themed decorations.[31]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 18 August 2024[32]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reims B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 6 0 — — — 6 0
2019–20 Championnat National 2 19 2 — — — 19 2
Total 25 2 — — — 25 2
Le Mans (loan) 2020–21 Championnat National 26 0 0 0 — — 26 0
Toulouse B 2021–22 Championnat National 3 10 0 — — — 10 0
2022–23 Championnat National 3 1 1 — — — 1 1
Total 11 1 — — — 11 1
Toulouse 2021–22 Ligue 2 3 0 4 1 — — 7 1
2022–23 Ligue 1 6 0 6 2 — — 12 2
2023–24 Ligue 1 31 1 0 0 7[a] 0 0 0 38 1
2024–25 Ligue 1 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 41 1 10 3 7 0 0 0 58 4
Career total 103 4 10 3 7 0 0 0 120 7
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 10 October 2024[33]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cape Verde 2022 4 0
2023 5 0
2024 13 0
Total 22 0

Honours

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Toulouse

References

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  1. ^ "Costa, Logan Evans" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Transferts : Logan Costa (Reims) vers Toulouse". L'Équipe (in French). 20 August 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Valente, Toni (4 July 2021). "Mercato : Logan Costa ne prolongera pas avec le Stade de Reims". MadeinFoot. Ouest-France.
  4. ^ a b c "Stade de Reims, Logan Costa refuse de prolonger". L'Union [fr] (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. ^ a b c "Cinq choses à savoir sur Logan Costa, le nouveau défenseur toulousain". LesViolets.com (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Musset, Hervé (24 January 2020). "Football (National 2) : Logan Costa, ce jeune discret du Stade de Reims qui s'ouvre". L'Union [fr] (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. ^ a b c Sabrié, Clémentine (11 July 2020). "Le défenseur central Logan Costa prêté au Mans FC par le Stade de Reims" (in French). Le Mans: France Bleu. 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 [fr] (in French). 7 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  11. ^ a b c Ptak, Guillaume (20 August 2021). "Football Ligue 2 : le défenseur du Stade de Reims Logan Costa s'engage avec le Toulouse Football Club" (in French). France 3. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  12. ^ a b c "Logan Costa (Stade de Reims) se rapproche de Toulouse". L'Union [fr] (in French). 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  13. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Le défenseur Logan Costa s'engage avec le TéFéCé !" (in French). Toulouse FC. 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 [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. ^ a b "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 [fr] (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 [fr] (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Villarreal CF sign Logan Costa". Villarreal CF. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Villarreal 4–3 Celta Vigo (Aug 26, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  25. ^ Brennan, Feargal (15 September 2024). "La Liga Round Up: Villarreal go third as Sevilla seal first win of 2024/25". Football España. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  26. ^ "Seleção Nacional AA: Os convocados para os três jogos amigáveis em Março" (in Portuguese). Cape Verdean Football Federation. 16 March 2022.
  27. ^ "Cabo Verde divulga lista extensa de convocados. Bebé é estreia" (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 16 March 2022.
  28. ^ "Live events Guadalupe vs Cape Verde – International Friendly 2022". besoccer.com.
  29. ^ "Cape Verde announce 26-man squad for AFCON 2023". Khel Now. 31 December 2023.
  30. ^ "South Africa 0–0 Cape Verde (Feb 3, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. 3 February 2024.
  31. ^ "Toulouse FC's Players, Including Morocco's Aboukhlal, Refuse LGBTQ+ Jerseys". www.moroccoworldnews.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  32. ^ Logan Costa at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  33. ^ Logan Costa at National-Football-Teams.com
  34. ^ "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.
  35. ^ Mayen, Philippe (29 April 2023). "Ô Toulouse... FC !" [O Toulouse...FC!!] (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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