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.

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

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.

[4] During summer of 2010, Ario Costa became general manager of Basket Brescia Leonessa.