Chris Casement

Chris Casement

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Casement [1]
Date of birth	(1988-01-12) 12 January 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Leiston
Youth career
	Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2009	Ipswich Town	18	(0)
2007	→ Millwall (loan)	0	(0)
2008–2009	→ Hamilton Academical (loan)	4	(0)
2009	→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	12	(0)
2009–2010	Dundee	1	(0)
2010	→ Linfield (loan)	8	(0)
2010–2012	Linfield	39	(2)
2012–2016	Portadown	167	(16)
2016–2020	Linfield	197	(6)
2020–2023	Stowmarket Town
2023–	Leiston
International career‡
2007–2009	Northern Ireland U21	23	(2)
2009	Northern Ireland B	1	(0)
2009	Northern Ireland	1	(0)
Managerial career
2023	Stowmarket Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:03, 20 April 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2018

Christopher Casement (born 12 January 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who currently plays for Leiston. He began his senior career with Ipswich Town for whom he played from 2005 to 2009, during which time he participated in several loans. He played for Dundee from 2009 to 2010 and, in the 2010s, he played for Linfield and Portadown. He also played internationally for Northern Ireland between 2007 and 2009, primarily for the under-21 football team, and gained one full international cap in 2009.

Early life

Casement attended Newtownbreda High School in south Belfast.

Club career

After accomplished displays in the FA Cup, most notably against Swansea City and Watford in January 2007, Casement moved out on loan to Millwall for three months. ^[2] When he did finally join Millwall, he did not make an appearance during his month there.

In August 2008, he signed on loan with Hamilton Academical until January 2009. Chances were limited for Casement, and he returned to Ipswich having mainly been used as a substitute. On 7 January 2009, Casement signed on loan for League Two side Wycombe Wanderers for a month. ^[3] This loan deal was subsequently extended, firstly to two months, then to three months. Casement returned to Ipswich before being released on 8 May.

On 22 June, it was announced that he had signed a three-year deal with Scottish First Division side Dundee. ^[4]

On 31 January, Casement signed on loan for Linfield until the end of the season. On 4 May 2010, he was informed along with three other players that he was no longer wanted by Dundee and was free to look for another club. ^[5] On 8 May 2012, it was confirmed Casement had signed a three-year contract with Portadown. On 26 July 2016, it was announced that Portadown had accepted a bid in the region of £20,000 for Casement and it was announced later that he would be rejoining the Blues on a two-year contract.

On 30 September 2020, Casement signed for Stowmarket Town. ^[6] He was appointed manager of the club in February 2023. ^[7] In May 2023, he stepped down as manager to focus fully on the continuation of his playing career. ^[8]

In June 2023, Casement joined Leiston. ^[9]

International career

Casement was called up to the Northern Ireland squad in May 2009, along with nine other uncapped players for the international friendly against Italy on 6 June. ^[10] He made his international debut, along with seven other debutants, in the 3–0 defeat against Italy in the friendly match at Arena Garibaldi in Pisa. ^[11] Casement played the full match. ^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 12 September 2020. ^{[12] [13]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup [lower-alpha 1]		League Cup [lower-alpha 2]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ipswich Town	2005–06	Championship	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
	2006–07	Championship	0	0	3	0	1	0	—		—		4	0
	2007–08	Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	2008–09	Championship	0	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		8	0	3	0	3	0	—		—		14	0
Hamilton Academical (loan)	2008–09	Scottish Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	2008–09	League Two	12	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		12	0
Dundee	2009–10	Scottish First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Linfield (loan)	2009–10	NIFL Premiership	8	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
Linfield	2010–11	NIFL Premiership	26	2	0	0	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	28	2
	2011–12	NIFL Premiership	13	0	1	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	—		17	0
	Total		47	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	53	2
Portadown	2011–12	NIFL Premiership	29	0	3	1	2	0	4 [lower-alpha 5]	0	—		38	1
	2013–14	NIFL Premiership	37	5	0	0	2	0	—		—		39	5
	2014–15	NIFL Premiership	33	6	2	1	2	0	—		—		37	7
	2015–16	NIFL Premiership	36	4	2	0	1	0	—		—		39	4
	Total		135	15	7	2	7	0	4	0	—		153	17
Linfield	2016–17	NIFL Premiership	26	0	2	0	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 6]	0	30	0
	2017–18	NIFL Premiership	17	0	1	0	1	0	4 [lower-alpha 4]	0	1 [lower-alpha 7]	0	20	0
	2018–19	NIFL Premiership	31	3	1	0	3	0	—		—		34	3
	2019–20	NIFL Premiership	15	1	0	0	1	0	8 [lower-alpha 8]	0	—		24	1
	Total		89	4	4	0	5	0	12	0	2	0	112	4
Career total			289	21	15	2	18	0	18	0	3	0	343	23

1. Appearances in the FA Cup and Irish Cup.
2. Appearances in the EFL Cup and Northern Ireland Football League Cup.
3. Appearance in the Setanta Sports Cup.
4. Appearance in the UEFA Champions League.
5. Appearance in the UEFA Europa League.
6. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
7. Appearance in the NIFL Charity Shield.
8. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

International

Source: ^[14]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Northern Ireland	2009	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

Ipswich Town

• FA Youth Cup: 2004–05 ^[15]

Linfield

• IFA Premiership: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2018–19
• Irish Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17

Individual

• Ipswich Town Young Player of the Year: 2004–05 ^[16]

References

1. "Chris Casement". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
2. "Chris Casement – profile". Ipswich Town F.C. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
3. "Accies move for Casement". Sky Sports. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
4. "Chris comes to Dens". Dundee F.C. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
5. "Dundee aim to axe 16 from squad". BBC Sport. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
6. "Casement Signs For Stow". Stow Town F.C. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
7. "Former Northern Ireland international Chris Casement is appointed the new Stowmarket Town manager". Suffolk News. 12 February 2023.
8. "RICHARD 'WILKS' WILKINS: STOWMARKET TOWN FC'S NEW MANAGER". stowmarkettownfc.co.uk. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
9. Bacon, Michael (3 June 2023). "Casement joins Blues: 'I'm looking forward to the challenge'". leistonfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
10. "Irish League quintet in NI squad". BBC Sport. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
11. "Northern Ireland go down fighting against Italy". Belfast Telegraph. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
12. "C. Casement". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
13. "Chris Casement » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
14. Chris Casement at National-Football-Teams.com
15. "Town Win Youth Cup!". TWTD. 23 April 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
16. "Casement Wins Youth Gong". TWTD. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

External links

• Chris Casement player profile at itfc.co.uk
• Chris Casement at Soccerbase