| Franco Costa | |
| Fullname: | Franco Lautaro Costa |
| Birth Date: | 10 December 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Luján, Argentina |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Ilioupoli |
| Clubnumber: | 32 |
| Years1: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs1: | Luján |
| Caps1: | 30 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 2013–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Arsenal de Sarandí |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2014 |
| Clubs3: | → Flandria (loan) |
| Caps3: | 19 |
| Goals3: | 6 |
| Years4: | 2015 |
| Clubs4: | → Tristán Suárez (loan) |
| Caps4: | 12 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Years5: | 2017 |
| Clubs5: | Flandria |
| Caps5: | 25 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Years6: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs6: | San Martín T. |
| Caps6: | 28 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Years7: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs7: | Nacional |
| Caps7: | 86 |
| Goals7: | 6 |
| Years8: | 2021 |
| Clubs8: | → Sol de América (loan) |
| Caps8: | 6 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2022– |
| Caps9: | 1 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 20:15, 18 July 2022 (UTC) |
Franco Lautaro Costa (born 10 December 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League 2 club Ilioupoli.[1] [2]
Costa's career started with Luján,[3] prior to moving to Arsenal de Sarandí in 2013.[1] [2] In that same year, he was loaned out to Primera B Metropolitana side Flandria for six months.[1] He returned to Arsenal in 2015 and featured in eight Argentine Primera División fixtures, including his debut for the club in a 0–0 draw with Lanús on 8 March.[1] [4] He was subsequently, in July, sent out on loan once again, this time to Tristán Suárez of Primera B Metropolitana. He scored six goals in thirteen games for Tristán Suárez.[1] In January 2017, Costa almost joined China League One club Nei Mongol Zhongyou.[5] [6] However, the move fell through.[7]
Costa subsequently rejoined former side Flandria, now in Primera B Nacional.[7] On 2 August, Costa left Flandria to join San Martín.[1] [8] His debut came against Ferro Carril Oeste on 16 September in Primera B Nacional, it was also his 100th career league appearance.[1] Costa signed for Paraguayan Primera División side Nacional in January 2019, having terminated his San Martín contract.[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Luján | 2012–13 | Primera C Metropolitana | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | ||
| Arsenal de Sarandí | 2013–14 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Flandria (loan) | 2014 | Primera C Metropolitana | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | ||
| Tristán Suárez (loan) | 2015 | Primera B Metropolitana | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[10] | 1 | 13 | 6 | ||
| Flandria | 2016–17 | Primera B Nacional | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | ||
| San Martín | 2017–18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[11] | 1 | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Total | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 3 | |||
| Nacional | 2019 | Paraguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 122 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 131 | 26 | |||