Ryan Casey

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Ryan Casey
Personal information
Full name Ryan Casey
Date of birth (1979-01-03) 3 January 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Coventry, England
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1996–1997 Swansea City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2002 Swansea City 68 (2)
2002–2003 St Patrick's Athletic
2003 Cork City
2004–2005 Galway United
2006 Melbourne Knights
2007 Athlone Town
2008 Longford Town
International career
1998 Republic of Ireland U18
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ryan Casey (born 3 January 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as left-back. Ryan was appointed as the FAI Development Officer for Sligo in July 2007. [1] He spent most of his career with Swansea City. Born in England, he played for the Republic of Ireland U18 national team.

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Career

Casey began his career with Swansea City having signed as a 17-year-old from Galway Hibernians A.F.C.

He has also played for St Patrick's Athletic, Cork City, Galway United, Athlone Town and Longford Town.

Casey was part of the so-called "golden generation" of Republic of Ireland youth football of the late 1990s. Under the guidance of Brian Kerr, the unfancied Republic won the UEFA U-16 and U-18 European championships in 1998, and Ryan was part of the victorious U-18 side in Cyprus. [2] In 1999, he played at the World Youth Cup in Nigeria, where the Republic reached the last 16 before going out on penalties to the hosts.

Honours

Swansea City

Republic of Ireland

United Kingdom

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References

  1. "FAI appoint new Development Officer for Sligo". Irish Independent. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  2. "The Irish U-18 European Champions of 1998". That's Ireland. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  3. Fox, Norman (25 May 1997). "Football: Swansea run over by Frain". The Independent. Independent Digital News & Media. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.