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1 Professional career  



1.1  Player career  





1.2  The new role  







2 Honours  



2.1  Team  







3 References  





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Ario Costa
Victoria Libertas Pesaro
PositionPresident
LeagueLBA
Personal information
Born (1961-09-26) 26 September 1961 (age 62)
Cogorno, Liguria, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Career information
Playing career1977–1997
PositionCenter
Career history
1977–1984Basket Brescia
1981–1991Italy
1984–1996Victoria Libertas Pesaro
1996–1997Fabriano Basket
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Medals

Men's basketball
Representing  Italy
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1983 France Italy
Bronze medal – third place 1985 West Germany Italy
Silver medal – second place 1991 Italy Italy
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 1983 Casablanca Italy

Ario Costa (born 26 September 1961) is an Italian retired basketball player of Basket Brescia, Victoria Libertas Pesaro and Fabriano Basket, and the current president of Victoria Libertas Pesaro since 2013.

Professional career

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Player career

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Ario Costa started his professional career with Basket Brescia in 1977. After many years in Brescia he went to Scavolini Pesaro where he became immediately a symbol for the team. With Pesaro he won two Italian League Scudetti, the first in 1988 and the other in 1990, and two Italian Cups, in 1985 and 1992.

He retired from the parquet at the end of the 90s.

The new role

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Ario Costa has been engaged as general manager, at first in Pesaro, and later with Fabriano Basket.[1] In 2006 he should go to Scafati, but disagreements with the president of the Campania team, he broke the contract prematurely. Subsequently, he signed a contract as sports director for Lottomatica Roma.[2]

On 18 June 2007 he became the new general manager of Eldo Napoli.[3]

After the ouster of Eldo Napoli from Serie A, 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.[4]

During summer of 2010, Ario Costa became general manager of Basket Brescia Leonessa. In August 2012 he went to Fulgor Libertas Forlì.[5]

In 2013 he returned to his team Victoria Libertas Pesaro as president of the club.[6]

Honours

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Team

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References

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  1. ^ "Costa (Fabriano) fa il punto della situazione" [Costa (Fabriano) takes stock of the situation]. isolabasket.it (in Italian). 17 September 2003. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  • ^ "Lottomatica Roma: Ario Costa nuovo Direttore Sportivo" [Lottomatica Roma: Ario Costa new Sports Director]. Legabasket.it (in Italian). 4 July 2006. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  • ^ "Basket: Eldo Napoli: Ario Costa nuovo general manager" [Eldo Napoli: Ario Costa new GM]. tuttonapoli.net (in Italian). 16 June 2007.
  • ^ "Triboldi, il nuovo organigramma societario" [Triboldi, the new organization chart]. sportando.com (in Italian). 18 June 2009.
  • ^ "Basket: Ario Costa dà l'addio a Brescia" [Basketball: Ario Costa says goodbye to Brescia]. giornaledibrescia.it (in Italian). 31 July 2012.
  • ^ "Ario Costa lascia la FulgorLibertas" [Ario Costa leaves FulgorLibertas]. romagnanoi.it (in Italian). 29 May 2013.
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    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
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