Ario Costa (born 26 September 1961) is an Italian retired

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player of Basket Brescia,

Victoria Libertas Pesaro Victoria Libertas (also known as "VL" or in Italian ''Vuelle''), full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professiona ...

and

Fabriano Basket Fabriano Basket was an Italian professional basketball club based in Fabriano, Marche. Established in 1966, it played in the professional first and second divisions from 1979 to 2008, the side disappeared in June 2008 when it sold its right to p ...

, and the current president of

since 2013.

Professional career

Player career

Ario Costa started his professional career with Basket Brescia in 1977. After many years in

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he went to Scavolini Pesaro where he became immediately a symbol for the team. With

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he won two Italian League ''Scudetti'', the first in

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and the other in

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, and two Italian Cups, in 1985 and 1992. He retired from the parquet at the end of the 90s.

The new role

Ario Costa has been engaged as general manager, at first in Pesaro, and later with Fabriano Basket. In 2006 he should go to

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, but disagreements with the president of the

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team, he broke the contract prematurely. Subsequently, he signed a contract as sports director for

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. On 18 June 2007 he became the new general manager of Eldo Napoli. After the ouster of Eldo Napoli from

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, at the beginning of the 2008–09 season he became general manager of Juvi Basket Cremona, in Serie C Gold, and later of Triboldi Cremona, in Serie A. During summer of 2010, Ario Costa became general manager of Basket Brescia Leonessa. In August 2012 he went to

Fulgor Libertas Forlì Fulgor Libertas Forlì was an Italian professional basketball team based in Forlì, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The club ceased operating in January 2015 due to financial problems. History Fulgor Forlì was founded in 1949 by Stefano Cozzi. It reache ...

. In 2013 he returned to his team

as president of the club.

Honours

Team

champion (2):

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winner (2): 1985, 1992

References

External links

Victoria Libertas official websiteArio Costa
at legabasket.it {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Ario 1961 births Living people Centers (basketball) Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Fabriano Basket players Italian men's basketball players Lega Basket Serie A players Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players 1986 FIBA World Championship players Sportspeople from the Province of Genoa 20th-century Italian sportsmen