Place of birth London, England Role Footballer Height 1.88 m | Years Team Position Defender Name Kasali Casal | |
Full name Kasali Olayinka Olatunda Casal Date of birth (1987-10-21) 21 October 1987 (age 28) Playing position | ||
Kasali Olayinka Olatunda Casal (born 21 October 1987 in London) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back or left winger. He is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Nigeria.
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Career
Raised in the North West area of London, Casal joined the Fulham youth academy in 2003 at the age of 16 and earned a spot on the full team reserve side two years later. Casal had been the leading scorer for Fulham's reserve team for the 2005–06 season.
In March 2007 D.C. United signed Casal to a senior contract. In July he left the club. Then he signed for Dutch club Cambuur Leeuwarden.
On 6 August 2008, Casal signed a two-year deal with Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee, after a successful trial. He made his debut for Swindon against Tranmere Rovers on the opening day of the 2008–09 season. He left Swindon by mutual consent on 12 January 2010.
On 13 January 2010 CFR Cluj signed the former Nigerian Swindon Town F.C. left-back. He was injured in a friendly match played in Antalya and the injury was wrongly diagnosed by the medical staff. In February he went on loan to Gaz Metan Mediaş, but in early March returned to Cluj.
Personal life
In his youth he was an athlete and was on a 4x100 relay team that as of 5 September 1999 holds the British U-13 record (50.32 seconds).