Gustavo Costas

Gustavo Costas
Costas in 2012
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira
Date of birth (1963-02-28) 28 February 1963
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Racing Club (head coach)
Youth career
Racing Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1989 Racing Club
1989–1992 Locarno 45 (3)
1992–1996 Racing Club
1996–1997 Gimnasia de Jujuy 34 (1)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Racing Club (youth)
1999–2000 Racing Club
2001–2003 Guaraní
2003–2004 Alianza Lima
2005–2006 Cerro Porteño
2007 Racing Club
2008 Olimpia
2009–2011 Alianza Lima
2011 Al Nassr
2012–2013 Barcelona SC
2014–2015 Santa Fe
2016 Atlas
2016–2017 Santa Fe
2017–2018 Al-Fayha
2019–2021 Guaraní
2022 Palestino
2022–2023 Bolivia
2024– Racing Club
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustavo Adolfo Costas Makeira (born 28 February 1963) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the current head coach of Primera División club Racing Club.

Costas' career is mainly linked to Racing Club, where he played for twelve seasons in two different spells, and coached in three different spells. He has also coached in Paraguay, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Bolivia.