Marc Casadó
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marc Casadó Torras | ||
Date of birth | 14 September 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Sant Pere de Vilamajor, Spain | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Barcelona | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2011 | Vilamajor | ||
2011–2012 | Sant Celoni | ||
2012–2015 | Granollers | ||
2015–2016 | Damm | ||
2016–2022 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | Barcelona B | 61 | (0) |
2022– | Barcelona | 20 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019–2020 | Spain U16 | 5 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Spain U17 | 8 | (1) |
2024– | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
2024– | Spain | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:40, 3 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:35, 16 October 2024 (UTC) |
Marc Casadó Torras (born 14 September 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona. He is known for his work rate, passing, defending, and technical proficiency.[1]
Club career
[edit]Born in Sant Pere de Vilamajor, Barcelona, Catalonia, Casadó is a youth product of Vilamajor, Sant Celoni, Granollers and Damm.[1] He moved to Barcelona's youth academy at the age of 13 in 2016. He was the captain of the Juvenil A team where he helped them win the league and Copa de Campeones in the 2020–21 season. Furthermore, he was on the bench for the reserve squad five times in 2021, and was promoted to the squad in the summer of 2022.[2] On 5 July 2022, he extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2024.[3]
He made his senior debut with Barcelona Atlètic in a 3–2 Primera Federación win over Castellón on 27 August 2022.[4] On 1 November 2022, Casadó made his official debut for the senior squad against Viktoria Plzeň in the Champions League. On the 67th minute, Franck Kessié got injured and he replaced him till the final whistle.
In the 2023–24 season, Casadó was named captain of the Barcelona Atlètic team.[5] He trained with the senior squad while playing games for Barcelona Atlètic. On 17 March 2024, he made his first La Liga appearance against Atlético Madrid, where he got subbed on for Héctor Fort.[6]
International career
[edit]Casadó is a youth international for Spain, having been called up to the Spain U16s and U17s in 2019. In October of 2024, he was called up to the Spain U21s. In November 2024, at the age of 21 years, Casadó received his first senior international call-up by coach Luis De La Fuente against the Serbia national football team.[7]
Playing style
[edit]Casadó is a defensive midfielder primarily, but has also played as right-back and centre-back.[8] He is hard-working and adept at recovering possession, and is a great ball handler. He is a tenacious and intense player on the pitch.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 6 November 2024[10]
Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Barcelona Atlètic | 2022–23 | Primera Federación | 34 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Primera Federación | 27 | 0 | — | — | 4[a] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
Total | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 67 | 0 | ||
Barcelona | 2022–23 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2023–24 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2024–25 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Career total | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]FC Barcelona U19
- División de Honor Juvenil: 2021–22[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Marc Casadó: Un líder con estilo". sport. 15 October 2017.
- ^ "Marc Casadó, todo por el Barça pese a ofertas mejores". Mundo Deportivo. 22 July 2022.
- ^ Tella, Adrià. "El Barça renova el futur, amb Marc Casadó i Chadi Riad - 05 juliol 2022". L'Esportiu de Catalunya.
- ^ "Barça Atlètic - Castellón | Resultado, resumen y goles del partido del Grupo II de Primera RFEF". Mundo Deportivo. 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Four Barça Atlètic captains named". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Casadó: 'La Masia is the essence of Barça'". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ Hernández, Mario Cascudo (22 March 2022). "La Premier tienta a Marc Casadó, un juvenil del Barcelona".
- ^ "somGranollers - Diari de Granollers". somGranollers.
- ^ "FC Barcelona | ¿Quién es Marc Casadó?". sport. 4 July 2022.
- ^ Marc Casadó at Soccerway
- ^ "Marc Casadó Trophies". FotMob.
External links
[edit]- Marc Casadó at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Marc Casadó at BDFutbol
- Marc Casadó at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Vallès Oriental
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from the Province of Barcelona
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Primera Federación players
- EC Granollers players
- CF Damm players
- FC Barcelona Atlètic players
- FC Barcelona players