Greg Costello

{{short description|Irish former footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Greg Costello

| fullname = Greg Costello

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|04|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1985–1990 |youthclubs1 = Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Swindon Town 1990

| years1 = 1991–2000 |clubs1 = Shelbourne |caps1 = 300+ |goals1 = 30+

| years2 = 2000–2001 |clubs2 = Athlone Town |caps2 = 19 |goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2000–2001 |clubs3 = Kilkenny City |caps3 = 12 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2001–2003 |clubs4 = Shamrock Rovers |caps4 = 42 |goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1985–1988 |nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U18

| nationalcaps1 = 21 |nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1996 |nationalteam2 = League of Ireland XI |nationalcaps2 = 1 |nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Greg Costello (born 5 April 1970 in Dublin) is an Irish former footballer.

A full back Greg made his League of Ireland debut for Shelbourne at home to St Pat's on 11 January 1991. He scored the winner for Shels in the 1993 FAI Cup Final at Lansdowne Road.{{cite news| url = https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1993/0517/Pg021.html#Ar02100:30078534379F0B587A0F089111BA04156A1C27084C28C86428D84C2AE8642D88FA3149112849A22C39BA5809245BC93B4FB94453695C5519D858C9F02CE7852F479F08387A0A68912D593B2F7953| title = The Irish Times - Monday, May 17, 1993 - Page 21| newspaper = The Irish Times}}

Costello scored in a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup win in September 1993.{{cite news| url = https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1993/0902/Pg015.html#Ar01500:34044637445557E4595B246E| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110520094948/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1993/0902/Pg015.html| archive-date = 2011-05-20| title = The Irish Times - Thursday, September 2, 1993 - Page 015| newspaper = The Irish Times}}

He joined Shamrock Rovers in 2001 where he made 2 appearances in European competition, after spells at Kilkenny City and Athlone Town.