Carlo Costly

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Costly and the second or maternal family name is Molina.

Carlo Costly
Personal information
Full name	Carlo Yaír Costly Molina^[1]
Date of birth	(1982-07-18) 18 July 1982
Place of birth	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Olimpia
Number	13
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Platense	19	(10)
2007	→ Bełchatów (loan)	11	(6)
2007–2010	Bełchatów	48	(8)
2009	→ Birmingham City (loan)	8	(0)
2010	Vaslui	13	(4)
2011–2012	Atlas	11	(2)
2011	→ Houston Dynamo (loan)	11	(1)
2012–2013	Veria	25	(6)
2013	Guizhou Zhicheng	12	(9)
2014	Real España	13	(7)
2014–2015	Gaziantepspor	7	(0)
2015–	Olimpia	11	(6)
National team^‡
2007–2016	Honduras	74	(32)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:27, 28 April 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:27, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Carlo Yaír Costly Molina (born 18 July 1982^[2]) is a Honduran footballer striker who is currently playing for Olimpia. He was a member of the Honduran national football team until after the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Prior to coming to Europe, he played with Club Deportivo Platense where he was the top scorer of the Honduras Apertura in 2006-07.

Club career

Carlo Costly is the son of Anthony Costly. Despite being Honduran, he has close links to Mexico. His parents separated and his mother, soon after, married a Mexican. Costly moved to Mexico City when he was 14 years old and lived there for the following 11 years where he kicked off his football career. He had spells in the Mexican league with the reserve teams of Atlético Celaya, Monarcas Morelia, Atlas and Pumas UNAM.^[3]

He moved back to Honduras where the path to international success began. Despite leaving Mexico, Costly still keeps a house in the state of Nayarit.^[3] His big chance was given to him by Club Deportivo Platense and, with them, he became the top scorer of the Honduras Apertura 2006-07, scoring 10 goals in 19 games.

His early success earned him a chance with Polish club GKS Bełchatów, who loaned him for half a season.^[4] Having impressed, the club spent a record €500,000 on signing him.

After a while he became unsettled in Poland, and was linked in the press with a move to Football League Championship side Plymouth Argyle, and supposedly linked with League One side Leeds United, before being reported to be on trial with Premier League side Birmingham City.^[5] Costly remained at GKS Bełchatów for the time being.

In January 2009, Costly joined Birmingham City of the Football League Championship (the second tier of English football) on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season.^[6] He made his debut for the club on 7 February 2009, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 draw with Burnley.^[7] The loan was not made permanent at the end of the season.^[8]

On 24 January 2010, Costly was bought by SC Vaslui, signing a 3.5 year contract.^[9] He was injured and treated in Italy where they told him he would recover before 2010 FIFA World Cup, but he was unable to rejoin the Honduran national football team due to FIFA rules. He then went on to sign for Atlas Club in Mexico, once he recovered from his injury.^[10]

Costly spent the latter part of the 2011 Major League Soccer season on loan with Houston Dynamo. In September 2012, Veria F.C. announced Carlos Costly's transfer.

Costly joined China League One side Guizhou Zhicheng on 24 July 2013.^[11] On 4 August, he scored 2 goals in his debut against Yanbian Baekdu Tigers.^[12]

Costly signed with Real España on 2 January 2014. After the 2014 World Cup, he stated he would not return to the national team. He joined Gaziantepspor at the beginning of the 2014/15 season which was his first club since retiring from international duty. On the 15 of August he returned to Greece to play for Aris F.C.

Club statistics

(correct as of 28 April 2013)

Club	Season	League	Domestic League		Domestic Cups		European Cups		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Platense	2006–07	LINA	18	10	–		–		18	10
Bełchatów	2006–07	Ekstraklasa	11	6	2	2	–		13	8
	2007–08		26	5	5	0	2	0	33	5
	2008–09		12	2	0	0	0	0	12	2
	2009–10		10	1	0	0	0	0	10	1
	Total		59	14	7	2	2	0	68	16
Vaslui	2009–10	Liga I	13	4	–		–		13	4
Veria	2012–13	Superleague Greece	25	6	2	2	–		27	8

International career

Since scoring on his debut against Trinidad and Tobago in 2007, Costly has been a standout performer for the Honduras national football team helping the Catrachos reach the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2009 and 2011. He is the Honduran national team's second-top goalscorer of all-time in Gold Cup matches, scoring eight goals, including a hat-trick against Grenada in the 2011 tournament.

He was an important member of the Honduran team that qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup but was unable to play at the tournament finals due to injury.^[13]

Costly scored seven goals in 13 appearances in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, including a hat-trick against Canada.^[13] In June 2014, he was named in the Honduran squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^[14] Costly made his FIFA World Cup debut in a 3–0 defeat against France on 15 June.^[15] In the next match, he scored his country's first World Cup goal in 32 years as the team lost 2–1 to Ecuador. Costly started the final Honduras game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup but limped off injured in the 39th minute.^[16] immediately after the match, Costly announced his retirement from the national team stating that "we have to give opportunities to the young players" ^[17]

International goals

**Carlo Costly: International goals**
Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 2007	Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Trinidad and Tobago	3 – 1	3–1	Friendly
2	8 June 2007	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Panama	2 – 3	2–3	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3	10 June 2007	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Mexico	1 – 1	2–1	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4	10 June 2007	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States	Mexico	2 – 1	2–1	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
5	6 February 2008	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Paraguay	2 – 0	2–0	Friendly
6	11 October 2008	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Canada	2 – 1	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
7	1 April 2009	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Mexico	1 – 0	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
8	1 April 2009	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Mexico	3 – 0	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
9	6 June 2009	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	United States	1 – 0	1–2	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
10	4 July 2009	Qwest Field, Seattle, United States	Haiti	1 – 0	1–0	2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
11	July 11, 2009	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States	Grenada	4 – 0	4–0	2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
12	12 August 2009	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Costa Rica	1 – 0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
13	12 August 2009	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Costa Rica	4 – 0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
14	14 November 2009	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Latvia	1 – 0	2–1	Friendly
15	29 May 2011	Robertson Stadium, Houston, United States	El Salvador	1 – 0	2–2	Friendly
16	10 June 2011	FIU Stadium, Miami, United States	Grenada	2 – 1	7–1	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
17	10 June 2011	FIU Stadium, Miami, United States	Grenada	4 – 1	7–1	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
18	10 June 2011	FIU Stadium, Miami, United States	Grenada	5 – 1	7–1	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
19	10 August 2011	Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States	Venezuela	1 – 0	2–0	Friendly
20	10 August 2011	Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States	Venezuela	2 – 0	2–0	Friendly
21	2 June 2012	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	El Salvador	2 – 0	3–0	Friendly
22	16 October 2012	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Canada	3 – 0	8–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
23	16 October 2012	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Canada	5 – 0	8–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
24	16 October 2012	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Canada	8 – 1	8–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
25	22 March 2013	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Mexico	1 – 2	2–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
26	6 September 2013	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Mexico	2–1	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
27	10 September 2013	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Panama	2–1	2–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
28	15 October 2013	Independence Park (Jamaica), Kingston, Jamaica	Jamaica	1–0	2–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
29	19 November 2013	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States	Ecuador	1–1	2–2	Friendly
30	19 November 2013	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States	Ecuador	2–1	2–2	Friendly
31	1 June 2014	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States	Israel	2–4	2–4	Friendly
32	20 June 2014	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil	Ecuador	1–0	1–2	2014 FIFA World Cup

Honours and awards

Club

Houston Dynamo

MLS Eastern Conference (1): 2011
Texas Derby (1): 2011

Individual

Top goalscorers in Liga Nacional de Honduras (1): 2006–07 A

References

↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 19. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
↑ "FIFA Player Statistics: Carlo Costly". FIFA. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
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↑ "Squad rebuilding begins". Birmingham City F.C. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
↑ "Atlas Signs Honduran Striker Carlo Costly". Goal.com. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
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↑ "Honduras World Cup 2014 squad". The Telegraph. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
↑ "France 3-0 Honduras". BBC. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
↑ "Honduras 1-2 Ecuador". BBC. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
↑ http://www.diez.hn/laseleccion/723217-99/costly-tambi%C3%A9n-dice-adi%C3%B3s-a-la-selecci%C3%B3n-de-honduras. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Carlo Costly at National-Football-Teams.com
Carlo Costly Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
Costly career statistics at Soccerbase
Player profile on RomanianSoccer

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top goalscorers	1965–66: Grey 1966–67: Caballero 1967–68: Garden 1968–69: Abrussezze 1969–70: Ortega 1970–71: Alvarado 1971–72: Alvarado 1972–73: none 1973–74: Blandón & Plummer 1974–75: Rodríguez 1975–76: López 1976–77: O. Hernández 1977–78: Carreño 1978–79: Bernárdez 1979–80: Norales 1980–81: Altamirano 1981–82: Altamirano 1982–83: Altamirano 1983–84: Gamboa 1984–85: Altamirano 1985–86: Flores 1986–87: Dueñas 1987–88: Machado 1988–89: Matthews, Alonso, Lobo & Gamboa 1989–90: Ávila 1990–91: Vallejo 1991–92: Bennett 1992–93: Arriola 1993–94: Chacón 1994–95: Ávila 1995–96: Castro 1996–97: Costa 1997–98 A: Velásquez 1997–98 C: Guevara & Velásquez 1998–99: de Lima 1999–00 A: Velásquez 1999–00 C: Cárcamo 2000–01 A: Verón 2000–01 C: Cacho 2001–02 A: Reneau 2001–02 C: M. Ferreira 2002–03 A: M. Ferreira 2002–03 C: Costa, Cacho & Emílio 2003–04 A: Tosello 2003–04 C: Emílio 2004–05 A: Emílio 2004–05 C: Ramírez 2005–06 A: Ramírez 2005–06 C: Emílio 2006–07 A: Costly 2006–07 C: Pavón 2007–08 A: E. Martínez 2007–08 C: Velásquez 2008–09 A: E. Ferreira 2008–09 C: Diduch 2009–10 A: Palacios 2009–10 C: Bengtson 2010–11 A: Bengtson 2010–11 C: Bengtson 2011–12 A: Cardozo 2011–12 C: Torlacoff & Copete 2012–13 A: Rojas 2012–13 C: R. Martínez 2013–14 A: Castillo 2013–14 C: R. Martínez 2014–15 A: E. Hernández 2014–15 C: Castillo 2015–16 A: Vega 2015–16 C: Elis & Vega

Best goalkeepers	1965–66: Chesman 1966–67: Norales 1967–68: Norales 1968–69: Norales 1969–70: Norales 1970–71: Dubois 1971–72: Santini 1972–73: none 1973–74: Mayorga 1974–75: Mayorga 1975–76: Santini 1976–77: Rivera 1977–78: Rivera 1978–79: Morales 1979–80: Mayorga 1980–81: Stewart 1981–82: Morales 1982–83: Rivera 1983–84: Solís 1984–85: Guerrero 1985–86: Banegas 1986–87: Herrera 1987–88: Rivera 1988–89: Banegas 1989–90: Tejeda 1990–91: Bautista 1991–92: Henríquez 1992–93: Cubillo 1993–94: Palacios 1994–95: Banegas 1995–96: Flores 1996–97: Prono 1997–98 A: Vásquez 1997–98 C: Vásquez 1998–99: Prono 1999–00 A: Prono 1999–00 C: Prono 2000–01 A: González 2000–01 C: González 2001–02 A: González 2001–02 C: Flores 2002–03 A: James 2002–03 C: Medina 2003–04 A: Escober 2003–04 C: Coello 2004–05 A: Morales 2004–05 C: Vásquez 2005–06 A: Valladares 2005–06 C: James 2006–07 A: Valladares 2006–07 C: Vallecillo 2007–08 A: Bodden 2007–08 C: Valladares 2008–09 A: Canales 2008–09 C: Escober 2009–10 A: Morales 2009–10 C: de León 2010–11 A: Bodden 2010–11 C: Orio 2011–12 A: Escober 2011–12 C: Orio 2012–13 A: Morales 2012–13 C: Cárcamo 2013–14 A: Bodden 2013–14 C: Portigliatti 2014–15 A: Cárcamo 2014–15 C: Morales 2015–16 A: Zúniga 2015–16 C: Morales

Honduras Squad

Honduras squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Puerto 3 Figueroa 4 Caballero 5 E. Vallecillo 6 Mendoza 7 E. Martínez 8 Palacios 9 Pavón 10 de León 11 J. Martínez 12 O. Vallecillo 13 Costly 14 García 15 W. Martínez 16 Oliva 17 Alvarez 18 Claros 19 Rodríguez 20 Guevara 21 Izaguirre 22 Morales 23 Guerrero 24 Santamaría Coach: Rueda

Honduras squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists

1 Bodden 2 O. Chávez 3 Molina 4 J. Palacios 5 Norales 6 García 7 Padilla 8 Lalín 9 Mejía 10 M. Chávez 11 Acevedo 12 Canales 13 Costly 14 C. Palacios 15 Martínez 16 Medina 17 Castillo 18 Valladares 21 Ramos 22 Escober 23 Espinoza 24 Welcome 25 López Coach: Rueda

Honduras squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists

1 Vallecillo 2 Chávez 3 Figueroa 4 Leverón 5 Bernárdez 6 Thomas 7 E. Martínez 8 Palacios 9 Bengtson 10 Núñez 12 Mejía 13 Costly 14 Ó. García 15 W. Martínez 16 Sabillón 17 Espinoza 18 Valladares (c) 19 Portillo 21 J. C. García 22 Escober 23 Delgado 24 Beckeles 25 Hernández Coach: Suárez

Honduras squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup

1 López 2 O. Chávez 3 Figueroa 4 Montes 5 Bernárdez 6 J. C. García 7 Izaguirre 8 W. Palacios 9 J. Palacios 10 M. Martínez 11 Bengtson 12 Delgado 13 Costly 14 Ó. García 15 Espinoza 16 R. Martínez 17 Najar 18 Valladares (c) 19 Garrido 20 Claros 21 Beckeles 22 Escober 23 M. Chávez Coach: Suárez

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