Costas Costa () (born January 4, 1969) is a former international Cypriot

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Club career

He spent most of his playing career at

APOEL APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

, where he stayed for 9 years and won 3

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, 4

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and 4 Super Cups.1 double winning season 95-96 Later on, he played for

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion ...

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

and

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia (, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a Cypriot football club based in Nicosia and competes in the . The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cyprus Football Association. The club colors are black and green. ...

. He also had a trial with

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in 1993 and scored a goal from just over the halfway line against

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of the

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International career

Costas Costas had also been an important member of the

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, having 34 appearances and scoring 2 goals.

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* 1969 births Living people APOEL FC players FC Utrecht players Apollon Limassol FC players Olympiakos Nicosia players Cypriot men's footballers Cyprus men's international footballers Greek Cypriots Men's association football midfielders Cypriot expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Cypriot expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Eredivisie players Footballers from Nicosia {{cyprus-footy-bio-stub