Kyle Casciaro

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Kyle Casciaro
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Casciaro with Lincoln Red Imps in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-12-02) 2 December 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Gibraltar
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
Lynx
Number 11
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 Lincoln Red Imps
2013–2017 Lincoln Red Imps 77 (37)
2018–2019 Lincoln Red Imps 11 (0)
2018FC Olympique 13 (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 St Joseph's 7 (1)
2020–2021 Lincoln Red Imps 11 (3)
2021–2024 FCB Magpies 55 (11)
2024– Lynx 11 (2)
International career
2011 Gibraltar XI (Non-FIFA) 1 (0)
2013–2020 Gibraltar 26 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2020

Kyle Casciaro (born 2 December 1987) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays for Lynx, and the Gibraltar national team, where he plays as a winger or forward.

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Club career

Casciaro came through the ranks of Lincoln Red Imps with brothers Ryan and Lee, becoming ever present in the dominant Red Imps team that won 6 of its 14 consecutive league titles from 2010 to 2016. After suffering a serious injury in summer 2017, he retired from football. However, in January 2018 he came out of retirement, re-joining Lincoln while joining FC Olympique 13 on loan for the rest of the season, in order to regain match fitness. He announced his departure from Lincoln again on Twitter, in June 2019. [1]

International career

Casciaro made his international debut with Gibraltar on 19 November 2013 in a 0–0 home draw with Slovakia. [2] This was Gibraltar's first game since being admitted to UEFA [3] He was the first Gibraltarian footballer to score a winning goal at senior international level since joining UEFA, having struck against Malta in June 2014.

International goals

#DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionSource
1
4 June 2014 Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal
5
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
1–0
1–0
[4]

International career statistics

As of match played 14 November 2020.
Gibraltar national team
YearAppsGoals
201310
201471
201560
201670
201720
201810
202020
Total261

Personal life

Casciaro works as a shipping agent at Cory Brothers in Gibraltar. [5] His brothers Lee and Ryan have also played with Gibraltar's national side. [6]

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References

  1. Thanks to Lincoln Kyle Casciaro on Twitter. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. "Gibraltar 0-0 Slovakia – extended match report". footballgibraltar.wordpress.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. "Gibraltar hold Slovakia in maiden international". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. Rogers, Iain (4 June 2014). "Gibraltar beat Malta 1-0 for debut international win". Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  5. "Gibraltar v Poland: Starting XIs by professional occupation". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  6. "A policeman goes down in Gibraltar history". Marca . 30 March 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2016.