| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Goa, India | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team 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 | 54 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:34, 20 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
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.
Career
Churchill Brothers
Costa, after going through his youth career at Churchill Brothers,[1] made his debut for the senior squad in the I-League on 11 October 2012 against ONGC at the Fatorda Stadium, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for Bikramjit Singh in a match that Churchill won 5–0.[2]
East Bengal
In May 2017, East Bengal announced the signing of Richard Costa and Surabuddin Mullick from Churchill Brothers.[3] On 12 January 2018, East Bengal released Gabriel Fernandes and Richard Costa from their squad.[4]
Churchill Brothers
Costa returned to his previous club Churchill Brothers after he got released from East Bengal.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 20 November 2022[5]
| 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 | |||
| Churchill total | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| East Bengal | 2017–18 | I-League | 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 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | |||
| Churchill total | 54 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 74 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 1 | ||
Honour
Goa lusophony
- 2014 Lusophony Games: Gold Medal[6]
References
- ↑ "Churchill Bros edge Sporting". Navhind Times. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ Noronha, Anselm (11 October 2012). "Churchill Brothers SC 5–0 ONGC FC: The Red Machine demolish Subrata Bhattacharya's side". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ Parasar, Swapnaneel. "East Bengal sign Brandon Vanlalremdika, Surabuddin Mullick and Richard Costa; promote youth team players". goal.com. Goal India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- 1 2 Kundu, Sagnik. "I-League 2017/18: East Bengal reportedly release Goan duo Richard Costa and Gabriel Fernandes". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda India. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ↑ Richard Costa at Soccerway
- ↑ Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament Archived 8 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine blog.cpdfootball.de. Retrieved 7 September 2021