Richard Costa

Richard Costa
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth Navelim, Goa, India
Position 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 81 (4)
International career
2014 India U20 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:20, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Richard Costa (born 5 January 1992) is an Indian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Churchill Brothers. He is currently the captain of the team.

Early life

Costa was born in Navelim, a town in the Indian State of Goa. He began playing football at an early age and played for a local club, Juniors Salunkas, as a child. He idolized Goan footballer and midfielder Climax Lawrence, and began playing in that position. Costa was included in the under-20 side of Churchill Brothers after he impressed the owners of the team who saw him play at a local match.

Career

Churchill Brothers

Costa, after going through his youth career at Churchill Brothers, 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 his team won 5–0.

East Bengal

In May 2017, East Bengal announced the signing of Richard Costa and Surabuddin Mullick from Churchill Brothers. On 12 January 2018, East Bengal released Gabriel Fernandes and Richard Costa from their squad.

Churchill Brothers

Costa returned to his previous club Churchill Brothers after he got released from East Bengal. He scored his first goal in the 2023–24 season, on 22 November 2023, a headed goal in the 4–0 against TRAU FC. He also had one assist in the game. He scored again four days later, against Gokulam Kerala, that ended in a 1–1 draw.

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 March 2024
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Churchill Brothers 2012–13 I-League 10001020
2013–14 30004070
2016–17 16030–190
Total 2003050280
East Bengal 2017–18 I-League 0000–00
Churchill Brothers 2017–18 8020–100
2018–19 16000–160
2019–20 4000–40
2020–21 6000–60
2021–22 18000–180
2022–23 10140–141
2023–24 17200–172
Total 7936000853
Career total 99390501133
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in AFC Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Federation Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Super Cup

Honours

India U20 (Goa India)

References

  1. ↑ Singh, Pranav (8 April 2022). "From a young boy in Navelim to skipper of Churchill Brothers, in conversation with Richard Costa | I-League". i-league.org. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Churchill Bros edge Sporting". Navhind Times. Retrieved 22 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ "I-League 2023-24: Churchill Brothers Thrash TRAU, Shillong Lajong Edge Out Delhi FC". News18. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Churchill Brothers take a point home from Gokulam Kerala's den | I-League". i-league.org. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  8. ↑ Richard Costa at Soccerway
  9. ↑ Goa-India win the Lusofonia Games football tournament Archived 8 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine blog.cpdfootball.de. Retrieved 7 September 2021