Marc Casadó
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Spain U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Spain U17 | 8 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:39, 17 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:59, 1 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Marc Casadó Torras (born 14 September 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona.
Club career
Born in Sant Pere de Vilamajor, Barcelona, Catalonia, Casadó is a youth product of CF Vilamajor, PB 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 5 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 Barça Atlètic in a 3–2 Primera Federación win over Castellón on 27 August 2022.[4] On 1 November 2022 he made his official debut for the senior squad against FC Viktoria Plzeň in the Champions League. On the 67th minute Franck Kessié got injured and Casado replaced him till the final whistle.
In the 2023-2024 season, he was named captain of the Barcelona B team.[5] He trained with the senior squad while playing games for Barcelona Atlètic. On 17 March 2024 he made his first LaLiga appearance against Atlético Madrid, where he got subbed on for Héctor Fort.[6]
International career
Casadó is a youth international for Spain, having been called up to the Spain U16s and U17s in 2019.[7]
Playing style
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
- As of match played 17 August 2024[10]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[b] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 67 | 0 | ||
| Barcelona | 2022–23 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearances in 2023 Primera Federación play-offs
- ^ Appearances in 2024 Primera Federación play-offs
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
References
- ^ "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
External links
- 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
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Primera Federación players
- FC Barcelona Atlètic players
- FC Barcelona players
- Footballers from the Province of Barcelona
- CF Damm players
- EC Granollers players