Lee Casciaro

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Lee Casciaro
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Casciaro with Lincoln Red Imps in 2015
Personal information
Full name Lee Henry Casciaro
Date of birth (1981-09-29) 29 September 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Gibraltar
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Lincoln Red Imps
Number 7
Youth career
Lincoln Red Imps
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998– Lincoln Red Imps 654 (344)
International career‡
2007–2013 [1] Gibraltar XI (Non-FIFA) 12 (12)
2014– Gibraltar 62 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Lee Henry Casciaro (born 29 September 1981) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays as a forward for Lincoln Red Imps and the Gibraltar national team. With 57 club titles with Lincoln Red Imps, he has the record for most titles with one club, most club-titles and most titles in association football. From 2019 to 2022, he was also Gibraltar's all-time leading scorer since joining UEFA, with three goals.

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Club career

On 7 July 2015, Casciaro scored the winning goal as Lincoln Red Imps came from behind to win 2–1 away to FC Santa Coloma in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round, advancing on aggregate by the same score to become the first Gibraltarian team to advance into the second qualifying round. [2] On 12 July 2016, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 Red Imps victory over Celtic in the first leg of the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. [3]

On 12 July 2022 he became the oldest player to score in any round of the Champions League or European Cup. His record-breaking goal came against KF Shkupi in the first qualifying round.

International career

On 7 September 2014, Casciaro made his international debut for Gibraltar in a UEFA Euro 2016 Group D qualifying match against Poland with Gibraltar losing 7–0 at the Estádio Algarve. [4] He had played for the official team since 2007, scoring 9 goals in 7 appearances, but these appearances were considered unofficial upon Gibraltar's entry to UEFA in 2013. On 29 March 2015, he scored Gibraltar's first ever goal in a full international competitive match; netting an equaliser against Scotland in a 6–1 European qualification loss at Hampden Park, Glasgow. [5] For his services to sport in Gibraltar, he was awarded the Gibraltar Medallion of Distinction in August 2019. [6] He captained Gibraltar for the first time against Liechtenstein on 10 October 2020, aged 39.

On 24 March 2023, a 41-year-old Casciaro became the oldest ever player to appear at a UEFA European Championship qualifying match in a 3–0 defeat to Greece, although the record had initially been misattributed to Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimović, who played the same day yet is 4 days younger than Casciaro, [7] but a 43-year-old Ildefons Lima of Andorra broke his record on 16 June 2023. [8]

Personal life

Casciaro is a policeman for the Gibraltar Defence Police. [9] His brothers Kyle and Ryan have also played with Gibraltar's national side. [10]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 26 March 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Gibraltar 201440
201561
201641
201740
201870
201981
202040
202160
2022100
202380
202410
Total623
Scores and results list Gibraltar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Casciaro goal.
List of international goals scored by Lee Casciaro
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
129 March 2015 Hampden Park, Glasgow, ScotlandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1–11–6 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
213 November 2016 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, CyprusFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1–11–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
315 October 2019 Victoria Stadium, Westside, Gibraltar Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1–22–3 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Lincoln Red Imps [11]

See also

Notes

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    2. ↑ Fortuna, Julian (8 July 2015). "Historic win helps Lincoln's dream come true". UEFA. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
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    6. ↑ 2019 recipients of Gibraltar Medallions of Honour and Distinction announced Gibraltar Chronicle. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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