Personal information | |||
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Full name | Zander Mateo Cassierra Cabezas | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Barbacoas, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Deportivo Cali | 43 | (12) |
2016–2018 | Jong Ajax | 46 | (29) |
2016–2019 | Ajax | 21 | (3) |
2018 | → FC Groningen (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2019 | → Racing (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Belenenses SAD | 63 | (14) |
2021–2022 | Sochi | 22 | (14) |
2022– | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 48 | (18) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Colombia | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024 |
Zander Mateo Cassierra Cabezas (born 13 April 1997) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg and the Colombia national team.
Cassierra made his debut for Deportivo Cali in 2015. Despite having played at Deportivo Cali with a jersey displaying "Casierra", his official name is spelled "Cassierra" (with two s's). [2]
On 17 June 2016, Cassierra signed a five-year contract with Dutch club Ajax, lasting until 2021. [3] The club paid Deportivo Cali €5.5 million to complete the transfer. [4] Cassierra is the third Colombian player to play for Ajax after Daniel Cruz (2000–2003) and Davinson Sánchez. [5] He scored a goal in his Eredivisie debut against Sparta Rotterdam in a 1–3 win.
Cassierra spent the majority of the 2017–18 season playing for the reserves' team Jong Ajax, in the Eerste Divisie. He finished as top scorer of the reserves team with 18 goals scored, helping his side to clinch their first championship since joining the professional ranks and competing in the second tier of Dutch football. [6]
On 2 June 2018, Ajax announced its loan, for one season, to FC Groningen. However, he returned after only half a season. [7]
In January 2019, he joined Racing on loan until July 2020. [8]
On 26 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with an additional one-year option with Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi. [9] Cassierra finished 2021–22 Russian Premier League as the second-best goal scorer with 14 goals, behind Gamid Agalarov who scored 19, as Sochi finished in 2nd place, club's historical best position. [10]
On 30 June 2022, Zenit St. Petersburg announced the signing of Cassierra to a three-year contract, with the option of an additional year. [11]
After scoring only twice in the 2022–23 Russian Premier League, Cassiera started the 2023–24 season with 6 goals in the first 6 games, taking the top spot in the scoring race. He went into the winter break of the season in December with 14 goals, 6 goals ahead of the second-highest scorers. [12] On 2 February 2024, Cassiera extended his contract with Zenit to June 2027. [13]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Deportivo Cali | 2015 | Categoría Primera A | 23 | 8 | 10 | 3 | – | – | 33 | 11 | ||
2016 | Categoría Primera A | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | – | 26 | 6 | ||
Total | 43 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 17 | ||
Ajax | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | – | 29 | 4 | |
2017–18 | Eredivisie | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | ||
Total | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | ||
Jong Ajax | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 11 | – | – | – | 17 | 11 | |||
2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 29 | 18 | – | – | – | 29 | 18 | ||||
Total | 46 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 29 | ||
Groningen | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 1 | ||
Jong Groningen | 2018–19 | Derde Divisie | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | |||
Racing | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Belenenses SAD | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 4 | ||
2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 11 | |||
2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 2 | 0 | – | – | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 63 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 15 | ||
Sochi | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 14 | ||
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 2 | 6 | 3 | – | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 33 | 5 | |
2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 16 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 30 | 17 | ||
Total | 48 | 18 | 13 | 4 | – | 2 | 0 | 63 | 22 | |||
Career total | 255 | 92 | 33 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 308 | 104 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Colombia | 2023 | 2 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 1 |
Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first. [16]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 June 2023 | Mestalla Stadium, Valencia, Spain | Iraq | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
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