Domenic Costanzo

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Domenic Costanzo
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Marconi
Number 6
Youth career
–2016 FFSA NTC
2017 WT Birkalla
2018–2019 Adelaide United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 Croydon Kings 13 (0)
2019 Adelaide United Youth 13 (2)
2020 Croydon Kings 18 (14)
2020–2021 Adelaide United 0 (0)
2021 Croydon Kings 15 (5)
2022– Marconi 23 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2022

Domenic Costanzo (born 9 October 2001) is an Australian football player who plays as a midfielder for NPL NSW club Marconi Stallions. [1]

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Early life

Costanzo was born in Sydney, to Angelo Costanzo, who played in Marconi at the time. [2] He didn't play football until his father moved to Newcastle Jets where he would find his passion of football while watching his father train. [3]

Club career

Youth career

Costanzo started playing in the youth leagues in NPL South Australia. [4] He eventually joined Adelaide United, where he would play in the reserve league until being released and joining Croydon Kings under his father who was Head Coach at the time. [3]

Senior career

In 2018, Costanzo played for Croydon's senior squad where he made his senior league debut against Para Hills Knights. [5] He left to rejoin Adelaide United for a year until being released and rejoining Croydon in 2020. He became the league's second top goalscorer only losing to Adelaide Comets captain and former A-League Men player Allan Welsh. [6] His impressive form would earn him interest from A-League clubs and, ultimately, sign a scholarship deal with Adelaide United at the conclusion of the season. [7]

Marconi Stallions

After being released, Costanzo went on trial with Newcastle Jets and soon after, rejoined Croydon for a third time before moving to NSW. [8] On 23 February 2022, Costanzo was announced to have signed with Marconi Stallions following in the footsteps of his father who joined the Stallions in the early 2000s. [9]

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References

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  2. "Adelaide United's first father and son pair". adelaidenow.com.au (Archived). Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  4. "Domenic Costanzo - Player Statistics". GameDay.
  5. "Football SA NPL Match Centre". GameDay. 17 February 2018.
  6. Pagonis, Antonis (22 July 2022). "Domenic Costanzo, the poster boy for the importance of a National Second Division". Front Page Football.
  7. "Domenic Costanzo signs deal with Reds". KEEPUP. Adelaide United. 5 October 2020.
  8. "Adelaide A-League striker leaves after Newcastle trial". FTBL. 10 June 2021.
  9. "Domenic Costanzo to follow in his father's footsteps at the Stallions". MyFootball. 23 February 2022.