Marco Casagrande (footballer)

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Marco Casagrande
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-04-04) 4 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1989 Åbo IFK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1992 Åbo IFK 44 (0)
1992–1993 Turun Pallo 28 (5)
1993–2005 TPS 272 (35)
Managerial career
2006–2009 TPS (sporting director)
2009–2013 TPS (CEO)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2024

Marco Casagrande (born 4 April 1972) is a Finnish sports executive and a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his playing career with Turun Palloseura (TPS) and captained the team. After retiring as a player, Casagrande worked as sporting director and chief executive officer of TPS. [1] [2] He was previously also the chairman of JPY, Jalkapallon pelaajayhdistys (eng. The Football Players Union) in 2004–2005.

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Casagrande is currently the secretary general of the Finnish FA, having started in the position in 2013. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Playing career

Casagrande has played 223 matches in Finnish top-tier Veikkausliiga scoring 28 goals in total. [8] [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 April 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic cups [lower-alpha 1] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TPS 1993 Veikkausliiga 300030
1994 Veikkausliiga23000230
1995 Veikkausliiga250002 [lower-alpha 2] 0270
1996 Veikkausliiga700070
1997 Veikkausliiga221004 [lower-alpha 3] 1262
1998 Veikkausliiga243004 [lower-alpha 3] 0283
1999 Veikkausliiga2410002410
2000 Veikkausliiga22100221
2001 Ykkönen
2002 Ykkönen
2003 Veikkausliiga24300243
2004 Veikkausliiga26800268
2005 Veikkausliiga23210242
Career total272351010127235

Honours

TPS

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