Dara Costelloe

Dara James Morgan Costelloe (born 11 December 2002) is an Irish footballer who plays as a forward for St Johnstone of the Scottish Premiership on loan from Burnley.

Dara Costelloe
Personal information
Full name Dara James Morgan Costelloe[1]
Date of birth (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002[1]
Place of birth Limerick, Ireland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 St Johnstone
(on loan from Burnley)
Number 44
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) 4 (1)
International career
2023– Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:21, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

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]

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.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Galway United 2018[1] LOI First Division 200000—20
2019[1] LOI First Division 1400020—160
2020[1] LOI First Division 0000——00
Total 1600020—180
Burnley 2021–22[1] Premier League 000000—00
2022–23[1] Championship 400020—60
2023–24[1] Premier League 00———00
Total 400020—60
Bradford City (loan) 2022–23[1] League Two 110——00110
St Johnstone (loan) 2023–24[1] Scottish Premiership 4100——41
Career total 351004000391
Notes
  1. Includes League of Ireland Cup, EFL Cup

References
  1. Dara Costelloe at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  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. Kelly, Darren (1 September 2018). "Former Galway United player Dara Costelloe signs for Burnley under-23s". Extra Time. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. "Young Burnley forward Dara Costelloe signs new deal". www.burnleyexpress.net. 22 June 2022.
  6. James, by 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. https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/report-u21-ireland-2-2-ukraine


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