| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hisham Kasimu [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 1997 [2] | ||
| Place of birth | France [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AFC Totton | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brentwood Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Team Solent | 57 | (62) |
| 2018–2019 | → Blackfield & Langley (dual-reg.) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Blackfield & Langley | 29 | (8) |
| 2020–2022 | AFC Totton | 38 | (24) |
| 2022–2023 | Farnborough | 20 | (9) |
| 2023–2024 | Sutton United | 6 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Farnborough (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2024 | Enfield Town | 6 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Farnborough | 9 | (1) |
| 2025 | Enfield Town | 6 | (1) |
| 2025– | AFC Totton | 3 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:14, 26 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Hisham Kasimu (born 28 July 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League South club AFC Totton.
Kasimu began his career at Brentwood Town before opting to go study at Solent University. During this period, he also featured for the university's football side, Team Solent, [3] where scores a number of goals between 2017 and 2019. [4] [5] Kasimu signed for Blackfield & Langley permanently after spending a large duration of the 2018–19 campaign at the club on a dual-registration basis in between his studies. [6] [7] During the club's debut season in the Southern League Premier Division South campaign, he scored 12 goals in 38 appearances, [8] before making the move to AFC Totton ahead of the 2021–22 season following Blackfield & Langley's resignation back to the Wessex League. [9] Kasimu spent two years at AFC Totton, scoring 31 times in all competitions, before moving to newly-promoted Farnborough of the National League South in May 2022. [10]
He signed for English Football League club Sutton United in January 2023. [11] On 15 August 2023, Kasimu made his long-awaited debut, featuring for the final 15 minutes during Sutton's 1–0 home defeat to Gillingham. [12] In January 2024, he returned to Farnborough on loan until the end of the season. [13]
On 9 August 2024, Kasimu joined newly promoted National League South side Enfield Town. [14] In September 2024, he returned to Farnborough. [15] He departed Farnborough in January 2025. [16] A few weeks later, Kasimu returned to Enfield Town following his release from Farnborough. [2]
In August 2025, Kasimu rejoined AFC Totton in time for their first ever season in the National League South, following promotion via the Southern League Premier Division South playoffs the previous season. [17] He scored on his second debut for The Stags, bagging the third goal in their first home game of the season as they beat Tonbridge Angels 3-0. [18]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Team Solent | 2017–18 [4] | Wessex League Premier Division | 26 | 32 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 32 | |
| 2018–19 [5] | Wessex League Premier Division | 31 | 30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 30 | ||
| Total | 57 | 62 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 58 | 62 | |||
| Blackfield & Langley (dual-reg.) | 2018–19 | Southern League Division One South | No data currently available | |||||||||
| Blackfield & Langley | 2019–20 [8] | Southern League Premier Division South | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | — | 5 [a] | 2 | 38 | 12 | |
| AFC Totton | 2020–21 [8] | Southern League Division One South | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2021–22 [8] | Southern League Division One South | 33 | 21 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 [b] | 7 | 39 | 28 | ||
| Total | 38 | 24 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 7 | 45 | 31 | |||
| Farnborough | 2022–23 [8] [2] | National League South | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | — | 2 [b] | 1 | 28 | 12 | |
| Sutton United | 2022–23 [19] | League Two | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 [20] | League Two | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 [c] | 1 | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Farnborough (loan) | 2023–24 [2] | National League South | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| Enfield Town | 2024–25 [2] | National League South | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| Farnborough | 2024–25 [2] [21] | National League South | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Enfield Town | 2024–25 [2] | National League South | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 185 | 107 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 215 | 123 | ||