Dara Costelloe

Dara Costelloe
Personal information
Full name Dara James Morgan Costelloe[1]
Date of birth (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 (age 22)[1]
Place of birth Limerick, Ireland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Accrington Stanley
(on loan from Burnley)
Number 17
Youth career
2017–2018 Galway United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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) 16 (0)
2024– → Accrington Stanley (loan) 17 (5)
International career
2023 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Dara James Morgan Costelloe (born 11 December 2002) is an Irish footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Accrington Stanley, on loan from EFL Championship club Burnley.

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] On 21 May 2024, Burnley said the player would be returning once the loan ended.[11]

In August 2024, Costelloe joined League Two side Accrington Stanley on a season-long loan deal.[12] He made his debut from the bench in the league opener against Doncaster Rovers.[13] Costelloe scored his first goal for Stanley on 1 October against Cheltenham Town, and followed that up four days later with a crucial double which gave the Reds a league win over Morecambe.[14][15]

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.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Galway United 2018[1] LOI First Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
2019[1] LOI First Division 14 0 0 0 2 0 — 16 0
2020[1] LOI First Division 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 16 0 0 0 2 0 — 18 0
Burnley 2021–22[1] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2022–23[1] Championship 4 0 0 0 2 0 — 6 0
Total 4 0 0 0 2 0 — 6 0
Bradford City (loan) 2022–23[1] League Two 11 0 — — 0 0 11 0
St Johnstone (loan) 2023–24[1] Scottish Premiership 12 1 — — — 12 1
Dundee (loan) 2023–24[1] Scottish Premiership 16 0 1 0 — — 17 0
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2024–25[1] League Two 17 5 2 0 1 0 1[c] 0 21 5
Career total 76 6 3 0 5 0 1 0 85 6
Notes
  1. ^ Includes Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes League of Ireland Cup, EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Dara Costelloe at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Kelly, Darren (1 September 2018). "Former Galway United player Dara Costelloe signs for Burnley under-23s". Extra Time. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Young Burnley forward Dara Costelloe signs new deal". www.burnleyexpress.net. 22 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b 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. ^ "CLUB CONFIRM RETAINED LIST | BurnleyFC". www.burnleyfootballclub.com. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  12. ^ "SIGNING: Dara joins on loan". www.accringtonstanley.co.uk. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Doncaster Rovers 4-1 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Cheltenham Town 2-1 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Accrington Stanley 2-1 Morecambe: League Two". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  16. ^ https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/report-u21-ireland-2-2-ukraine [bare URL]