Costas Costa

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Costas Costa
Personal information
Full name Kostakis Costa
Date of birth (1969-01-04) January 4, 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder /defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1998 APOEL 152 (15)
1999 FC Utrecht 9 (0)
1999–2000 Apollon Limassol 6 (1)
2000–2002 Olympiakos Nicosia 36 (3)
Total203(19)
International career
1991–1999 Cyprus 34 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Costas Costa (Greek : Κώστας Κώστα) (born January 4, 1969) is a former international Cypriot football midfielder.

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Club career

He spent most of his playing career at APOEL, where he stayed for 9 years and won 3 Championships, 4 Cups and 4 Super Cups.1 double winning season 95-96

Later on, he played for FC Utrecht, Apollon Limassol and Olympiakos Nicosia.

He also had a trial with Newcastle United of England in 1993 and scored a goal from just over the halfway line against Annfield Plain of the Wearside Football League.

International career

Costas Costas had also been an important member of the Cyprus national football team, having 34 appearances and scoring 2 goals.

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