Angelo Costanzo

Angelo Francesco Antonio Costanzo (born 9 May 1976 in Adelaide) is a retired Australian soccer player. He was voted into the Adelaide United Team of the Decade. He is currently married to his wife, Helen and is the father of his two children; Domenic and Liliana.

Angelo Costanzo

Personal information
Full name	Angelo Francesco Antonio Costanzo
Date of birth	(1976-05-09) 9 May 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre back Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Salisbury United
	Adelaide Blue Eagles
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	Salisbury United	31	(4)
1995–2002	Adelaide City	127	(0)
2000	→ Campbelltown City (loan)	2	(1)
2000–2004	Marconi Stallions	90	(3)
2004	Campbelltown City	12	(0)
2005–2009	Adelaide United	73	(0)
2009–2010	Newcastle Jets	16	(0)
2010	Adelaide Cobras	18	(2)
Total		369	(10)
International career‡
	Australia U-20
2001–2002	Australia	6	(1)
Managerial career
2010–2015	Adelaide United Youth
2018	Croydon Kings (assistant)
2018–2020	Croydon Kings
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's Association football OFC Nations Cup Runner-up 2002 New Zealand AFC–OFC Challenge Cup Runner-up 2001 Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 October 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 December 2007

Club career

In 1994 at 18 years of age he won the SA player of the year award at Salisbury United, and was invited to join Adelaide City on an off-season tour of Vietnam. In 1995/96, his first season in the national league, he played alongside two of Australia's most credentialed defenders in Alex Tobin and Milan Ivanovic, and established a regular starting position as Adelaide City reached the preliminary final.

Career statistics

(Correct as of 29 January 2009)

Club	Season	League1		Cup		International2		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Adelaide United	2005–06	24	0	3	0	0	0	27	0
	2006–07	22	0	5	0	0	0	27	0
	2007–08	15	0	4	0	6	0	25	0
	2008–09	12	0	3	0	11	0	26	0
Newcastle Jets	2009–10	16	0	0	0	1	0	17	0
Total								106	0

¹ – includes A-League final series statistics
² – includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008–09 A-League season etc.)

National team statistics

^[2]

Australia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2001	2	0
2002	4	1
Total	6	1

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 July 2002	Auckland, New Zealand	New Caledonia	11–0	Win	OFC Nations Cup 2002

Honours

Adelaide United

• A-League Premiership: 2005–2006

Australia

• OFC Nations Cup: runner-up 2002^[3]
• AFC–OFC Challenge Cup: runner-up 2001^[4]

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
2. Angelo Costanzo at National-Football-Teams.com
3. "Oceania Nations Cup 2002". Retrieved 14 October 2024.
4. "AFC–OFC Challenge". Retrieved 14 October 2024.

External links

• "Adelaide United profile". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
• Oz Football profile