Dara Costelloe

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Dara Costelloe
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Personal information
Full name Dara James Morgan Costelloe [1]
Date of birth (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 (age 21) [1]
Place of birth Limerick, Ireland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Dundee
(on loan from Burnley)
Number 44
Youth career
2017–2018 Galway United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Galway United 16 (0)
2021– Burnley 4 (0)
2023 → Bradford City (loan) 11 (0)
2023 → St Johnstone (loan) 12 (1)
2024– → Dundee (loan) 11 (0)
International career
2023– Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Dara James Morgan Costelloe (born 11 December 2002) is an Irish footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership club Dundee, on loan from Premier League club Burnley.

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Club career

Costelloe was born in Limerick, County Limerick and was a part of the youth team at Aisling Annacotty before joining Galway United under-15 side in 2017. [2] He made his first team debut for Galway a year later on 31 August 2018, aged 15, when he came on as a substitute in the 2–0 defeat to Finn Harps. [2] This broke the record for the youngest every player to play for the first team. A day later he signed a first team contract having impressed for manager, Alan Murphy's, under-17 side. [3]

In February 2021, it was announced that Costelloe had signed a contract for Premier League side Burnley having trained and featured for the under-18 and under-23 setups since the previous summer. [4] He signed a deal with Steve Stone's Academy side until June 2022. [4] After two successful campaigns in the Academy, he signed a new contract with Burnley in the summer of 2022. [5] He finished as top scorer for the under-23 side with twelve goals and also made the bench for the first team for the last seven games of the Premier League season as Burnley were relegated. [5]

Costelloe made his first team debut on 29 July 2022, starting the first league game of the season in a 1–0 win over Huddersfield Town at the Kirklees Stadium. [6] It was also Vincent Kompany's managerial debut for the Clarets. [6]

On 13 January 2023, Costelloe joined EFL League Two side Bradford City on loan for the remainder of the 2022-23 season. [7]

In August 2023, he signed on loan for St Johnstone of the Scottish Premiership. [8] After being recalled on 1 January 2024, Costelloe immediately joined fellow Scottish side Dundee on loan until the end of the season. [9] Costelloe made his debut for the Dark Blues on 20 January in a Scottish Cup game away to Kilmarnock. [10]

International career

Costelloe made his Republic of Ireland U21 debut on 16 June 2023, in a 2–2 draw with Ukraine U21 in a friendly played in Bad Blumau, Austria. [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Galway United 2018 [1] LOI First Division 200000—20
2019 [1] LOI First Division1400020—160
2020 [1] LOI First Division0000——00
Total1600020—180
Burnley 2021–22 [1] Premier League 000000—00
2022–23 [1] Championship 400020—60
2023–24 [1] Premier League00———00
Total400020—60
Bradford City (loan) 2022–23 [1] League Two 110——00110
St Johnstone (loan) 2023–24 [1] Scottish Premiership 121———121
Dundee (loan) 2023–24 [1] Scottish Premiership11010——120
Career total541104000591
Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dara Costelloe at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 Browne, PJ (2 February 2021). "Limerick Teenager Signs For Burnley After Impressing During Trial". www.balls.ie.
  3. ↑ Byrne, Tom (2 February 2021). "GALWAY UNITED: Kelly, Higgins and Costelloe Sign First Team Contracts". Galway Daily. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 Kelly, Darren (1 September 2018). "Former Galway United player Dara Costelloe signs for Burnley under-23s". Extra Time. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Young Burnley forward Dara Costelloe signs new deal". www.burnleyexpress.net. 22 June 2022.
  6. 1 2 James, Alex (29 July 2022). "Burnley team news confirmed as Vincent Kompany names his first Clarets XI". LancsLive.
  7. ↑ "Costelloe joins Bantams on loan". Burnley FC. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Hamilton, Sean (15 August 2023). "St Johnstone seal loan deal for Burnley starlet Dara Costelloe". thecourier. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Costelloe joins Dundee". Dundee Football Club - Official Website. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Kilmarnock v Dundee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  11. ↑ https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/report-u21-ireland-2-2-ukraine


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