Richard Costa
Richard Costa (born 5 January 1992), is an Indian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Churchill Brothers in the I-League. He is currently the captain of the team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Costa[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Goa, India | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Churchill Brothers | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Churchill Brothers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Churchill Brothers | 20 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | East Bengal | 0 | (0) |
| 2018– | Churchill Brothers | 46 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:34, 18 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
Career
Churchill Brothers
Costa, after going through his youth career at Churchill Brothers,[2] made his debut for the senior squad in the I-League on 11 October 2012 against ONGC F.C. at the Fatorda Stadium, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for Bikramjit Singh in a match that Churchill won 5–0.[3]
East Bengal
In May 2017, East Bengal announced the signing of Richard Costa and Surabuddin Mullick from Churchill Brothers.[4] On 12 January 2018, East Bengal released Gabriel Fernandes and Richard Costa from their squad.[5]
Churchill Brothers
Costa Returned to his previous club Churchill Brothers after he got released from East Bengal.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 18 April 2022[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Churchill Brothers | 2012–13 | I-League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 16 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| East Bengal | 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Churchill Brothers | 2017–18 | 8 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 66 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 0 | ||
- Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
- Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
- Appearance(s) in Super Cup
Honour
Goa lusophony
- 2014 Lusophony Games: Gold Medal[7]
References
- "Churchill Brothers FC Goa". sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- "Churchill Bros edge Sporting". Navhind Times. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- "Churchill Brothers SC 5-0 ONGC FC: The Red Machine demolish Subrata Bhattacharya's side". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- Parasar, Swapnaneel. "East Bengal sign Brandon Vanlalremdika, Surabuddin Mullick and Richard Costa; promote youth team players". goal.com. Goal India. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- Kundu, Sagnik. "I-League 2017/18: East Bengal reportedly release Goan duo Richard Costa and Gabriel Fernandes". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda India. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- Richard Costa at Soccerway
- Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament blog.cpdfootball.de. Retrieved 7 September 2021