This is the sight Albion fans will hope to see on a regular basis in the Premier League.
Charalampos Kostoulas runs at the West Brom defence while in action for Albion under-21s.
The summer signing from Olympiacos got on for the last half-hour of the opening Premier League 2 game of the season.
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He was involved in a Callum Mackley goal as the Seagulls won 4-0, helped by a Shane Nti hat-trick.
Fellow Greek forward Stefanos Tzimas played for the same period and handed the ball over so Nti could compete his treble from the penalty spot.
Albion have given previous high-profile signings game time in the 21s, or the under-23s as it was, in recent seasons.
They include Moises Caicedo, who was given his debut for the club in a 3-1 defeat by Manchester City’s youngsters in February, 2021.
Liam Delap, now Caicedo’s colleague at Chelsea, scored twice for City that day after Danny Cashman had cancelled out an opener by Felix Nmecha.
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Julio Enciso introduced himself to the Seagulls with a goal against Liverpool under-21s three years ago as he beat Jarell Quansah to a long ball from Levi Colwill.
Enciso lobbed the ball over Harvey Davies, the goalkeeper who is now on loan at Crawley Town.
Kostoulas only joined the Albion squad for full training about ten days ago.
Tzimas had a brief outing behind closed doors versus Wolfsburg recently.
Under-21s boss Shannon Ruth told brightonandhovealbion.com: “Quite a lot over the years first-team players who are coming back from injury or need some minutes have asked to play and it just shows the level of professionals that we have in our first team that they’re very happy to come and be part of the group.
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“They are really good people and you saw from Stef giving Shane the ball for the penalty what a good team-mate he is and I’m sure that they’ve got bright futures for us.”
Kostoulas last played first-team football on April 2 in a 2-0 win over AEK Athens.
Tzimas also had an injury last season and has had to wait even longer for action.
His last game for 2.Bundesliga outfit Nurnberg was back on March 16, versus Greuther Firth.
