Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daylon Kayton Claasen [1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 January 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Klerksdorp, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right winger, attacking midfielder [2] | ||
Youth career | |||
Leicester City Klerksdorp | |||
Vasco Da Gama | |||
2002–2006 | Ajax Cape Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Ajax Cape Town | 2 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Lierse | 69 | (11) |
2013–2014 | Lech Poznań | 23 | (3) |
2014–2017 | 1860 Munich | 49 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Bidvest Wits | 32 | (1) |
2019–2022 | Maritzburg United | 89 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2010–2015 | South Africa | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2022 |
Daylon Kayton Claasen (born 28 January 1990) is a South African international soccer player who last played for Maritzburg United, as a winger. [3]
Born in Klerksdorp, Claasen played youth football with Leicester City Klerksdorp and Vasco Da Gama. [4] He has played professionally in South Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax and Lierse. [5] [6] [7]
Claasen was released by Lierse in April 2013, [8] and subsequently went on trial with Premier League club Everton the same month. [9]
Claasen then went on trial with newly promoted Premier League club Hull City in July 2013, initially under the pseudonym of "James Armstrong" for a match against Winterton Rangers, where he scored one goal, [10] before his actual identity was revealed two days later. [11]
On 21 August 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań. [12]
In June 2014 he signed a contract with German 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich. [13] He scored his first goal for 1860 Munich on 8 August 2015 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal against Hoffenheim, when he brought his team to a 1–0 lead in the 51st minute. [14]
Claasen made his international debut for South Africa in 2010. [6]
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