Full name Casper Bisgaard Sloth Weight 73 kg Number 29 Height 1.82 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Casper Sloth Career start 2009 | |
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Date of birth (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 23) Current teams Denmark national football team (Midfielder), Leeds United F.C. (#29 / Midfielder) | ||
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Casper Sloth (; born 26 March 1992 in Aarhus) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Danish Superliga club Silkeborg IF.
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- Green time kasper kusk vs casper sloth skills dribling goals
- Aarhus
- Leeds United
- International career
- Media
- References
He is known as a skillful and creative midfielder, with vision and ability to both up the tempo and hold on to the ball as well as being able to play as a right winger.
Aarhus
Sloth started his youth career at Brabrand IF. He joined AGF academy in 2004, and progressed through the youth system.
Sloth made his AGF senior debut in the Danish Superliga championship on December 7, 2009, aged 17. The game was a 1–1 draw with Esbjerg fB at AGF's NRGi Park stadium. In 2008, former teammate Benny Feilhaber proclaimed Sloth as 'the greatest current talent in Danish football'.
On 1 May 2010, he opened his scoring account for AGF with two goals in a 4–1 win against Silkeborg IF. In October 2012 he was voted Superliga Player of the Month.
During the 2013/14 season, Sloth was unable to help prevent AGF from being relegated from the Danish Superliga.
On 22 August 2014, Yorkshire Evening Press journalist Phil Hay tweeted that a deal had been agreed for Sloth to join Leeds United on a three-year deal.
Leeds United
Sloth joined Football League Championship side Leeds United on 25 August 2014 on a three-year deal. He was allocated the number 33 shirt for the 2014/15 season. The fee for Sloth was believed to be in the region of £600k.
Sloth made his debut for Leeds on 30 August against Bolton Wanderers. He made 14 appearances in all competitions in his first season at the club, he was favoured more by head coaches Dave Hockaday and Darko Milanic for the first half of the season, with him barely being used by head coach Neil Redfearn in the second half of the season. On 31 July 2015, Sloth was given the number 29 shirt for the upcoming 2015/16 season.
International career
Sloth has also played more than 30 games for various Danish youth selections, including eight games for the Denmark national under-21 football team.
On 14 November 2012, he made his debut for the senior team in a friendly in Istanbul against Turkey. Sloth played the first half in a game which ended 1–1, and was hailed as one of Denmark's best players of the game.
On 5 March 2014, Sloth started for Denmark in a 1-0 loss to England at Wembley; Sloth put in an impressive performance though he did get booked for a bad tackle on England's Steven Gerrard. Denmark lost to a late goal from Daniel Sturridge.
Media
In Denmark, Sloth was also the face of Scandinavian hair wax company ID Hair.