Ayrton Costa

Ayrton Costa
Personal information
Full name Ayrton Enrique Costa
Date of birth (1999-07-12) 12 July 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Quilmes, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Boca Juniors
Number 32
Youth career
2015–2020 Independiente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2024 Independiente 54 (3)
2022 → Platense (loan) 18 (2)
2024–2025 Antwerp 15 (0)
2025– Boca Juniors 36 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:32, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Ayrton Enrique Costa (born 12 July 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Boca Juniors.

Career

Costa arrived at Independiente in 2015. Five years later, the centre-back made the breakthrough into first-team football under manager Lucas Pusineri. He initially trained with the club in pre-season, notably appearing in a friendly win over Gimnasia y Esgrima. Costa's senior debut occurred on 6 December 2020 in a Copa de la Liga Profesional victory over Defensa y Justicia, as he played eighty-eight minutes before being replaced by Patricio Ostachuk. He penned terms on a contract until December 2022 on 15 December 2020.

On 2 July 2024, Costa signed a four-season contract with Antwerp in Belgium.

On 15 June 2025, a report mentioned that Costa had been denied a visa to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup in the United States due to a robbery case in 2018. Several days later, the decision was reversed and he was granted a special 26 day visa for the tournament.

Personal life

Costa's first name is an ode to Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna, of whom his grandfather was a fan of. He is of Cape Verdean and Paraguayan descent through one of his grandfathers and one of his grandmothers, respectively.

Career statistics

As of 3 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Independiente 2020–21 Argentine Primera División 200000000020
Career total 200000000020

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ayrton Costa at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Ayrton Costa at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ Oficial: Boca le dio la bienvenida a Ayrton Costa on ESPN.com.ar, 16 Jan 2025
  4. 1 2 "Debutó Ayrton Costa". Diabólicos. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ↑ ""Nos queda un sabor amargo"". De la Cuna al Infierno. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. ↑ ""CUANDO ENTRÉ AL VESTUARIO NO LO PODÍA CREER"". Al Rojo Vivo Radio. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "La joya que se ilusiona en Independiente". El Crack Deportivo. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Ayrton Costa, un puñado de ilusión". Infierno Rojo. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Independiente ganó confianza y rodaje". TyC Sports. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Ayrton Costa reveló el pedido que le hizo Pusineri para su debut". Soy del Rojo. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "AYRTON COSTA SE REFIRIÓ A SU DEBUT". Futbol al Rojo Vivo. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Ayrton Costa selló su vínculo con Independiente hasta 2022". One Football. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Costa firmó su contrato". LocoXelRojo. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "Argentijn Ayrton Costa tekent contract op de Bosuil" [Argentine Ayrton Costa signs contract at Bosuil] (in Dutch). Antwerp. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  15. ↑ Ph.D, Mark LaSota. "2025 FIFA Club World Cup: Vision, Competition, And Controversy". Forbes. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "Ayrton Costa tuvo su primer debut en primera división con la camiseta de Independiente en la victoria ante Gimnasia el sabado". Independiente Rey Copero. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  17. ↑ "Cabo Verde clasificó al Mundial y se festejó en Dock Sud".
  18. ↑ "El otro jugador de Boca que Gustavo Alfaro quiere nacionalizar para Paraguay".