Logan Evans Costa (born 1 April 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Villarreal. Born in France, he represents the Cape Verde national team.
Costa is a former French youth international, having represented them at U16 and U17 level, before switching to play for Cape Verde in 2022.
Costa was born in Saint-Denis, Île-de-France,[2][3] to a Cape Verdean family.[4][5]
Having started to play football in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, Costa joined the youth academy of Reims in 2016.[6][7]
A player in Reims's Championnat National 2 reserve starting in the 2018–19 season, Costa captained the side during the following campaign.[5][6][8][9] With a few first-team appearances in Ligue 1 games,[10] he was loaned to Championnat National side Le Mans for the 2020–21 season.[2][8]
With Le Mans newly relegated from Ligue 2, he was one of the standout players in the team, and a revelation of the Championnat National, starting and playing the entirety of 26 games, as the club only narrowly missed the promotion play-offs.[2][3][4][11][12]
After this promising loan spell, Costa was offered a contract extension by Reims, but chose to look elsewhere in search of more game time.[3][4] With one year left on his contract, several clubs from France, Italy and Germany were interested in signing him.[2][3][12] He was eventually transferred to Toulouse in August 2021.[2][11][13][14]
Costa made his professional debut for Toulouse on 13 November 2021, starting and playing every minute of a penalty shoot-out victory over Libourne in the Coupe de France, in which he helped his team keep a clean sheet.[15][16][17] Starting the season behind Rasmus Nicolaisen, Bafodé Diakité and Anthony Rouault, with a team aiming for promotion,[18][19] Costa first only made bench appearances in Ligue 2.[20] However, he established himself as a regular starter in the Coupe de France, even scoring his first goal against Trélissac.[20][21][22]
On 22 August 2024, Costa joined La Liga club Villarreal on a six-year deal.[23] He made his debut for the club on 26 August, coming on as a substitute in a league win over Celta Vigo.[24] On 14 September, he scored his first goal for Villarreal in a 2–1 victory against Mallorca.[25]
Costa was a youth international for France, playing with the under-16 and under-17 teams.[8][12][13] He was also selected for the under-19s and under-20s, without playing any official games in a period where most of them were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6][11][14]
On 16 March 2022, he received his first international call-up for the Cape Verde national team.[26][27] He debuted with Cape Verde in a 2–0 friendly win over Guadeloupe.[28] He was later named in Cape Verde's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations,[29] where he played in all five of their matches before they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.[30]
On 14 May 2023, Costa refused to participate in a Ligue 1 match against Nantes due to the game being part of a league-wide campaign against homophobia, with players wearing shirts with rainbow-themed decorations.[31]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reims B | 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Championnat National 2 | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | 25 | 2 | |||||
| Le Mans (loan) | 2020–21 | Championnat National | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||
| Toulouse B | 2021–22 | Championnat National 3 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Toulouse | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 4 | ||
| Vllarreal | 2024–25 | La Liga | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 135 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 9 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Verde | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 0 | |
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