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My Take
Jaume Costa is a connoisseur's footballer, the sort I find easy to love. A Valencia-born left-back, he made 268 appearances for Villarreal, and that number tells you more than any highlight reel. Holding down a starting spot at a top club for years is a deeper kind of achievement than fleeting stardom; it is earned trust. His two returns to Valencia suggest a man rooted in his home soil. At only 171 cm, he survived in one of the world's toughest leagues through relentless running and craft. I admire that quiet, professional durability far more than flash.
Overview
Jaume Vicent Costa Jordá (Valencian pronunciation: [ˈdʒawme ˈkɔsta]; born 18 March 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He spent most of his career at Villarreal, making 268 appearances, and also had two spells with Valencia.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jaume Costa
- Name (Japanese)
- ハウメ・コスタ
- Reading
- はうめ・こすた
- Born
- March 18, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
- Origin
- Valencia, Province of Valencia, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 171 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.