Tino Casali

Tino Casali

Casali in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-11-14) 14 November 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth	Villach, Austria
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Eintracht Braunschweig
Number	13
Youth career
2001–2009	SV Spittal/Drau
2009–2013	AKA Kärnten
2013–2014	Austria Wien
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	Austria Wien	0	(0)
2013–2017	Austria Wien II	29	(0)
2015	→ Floridsdorfer AC (loan)	8	(0)
2017–2020	SV Mattersburg	9	(0)
2020–2023	Rheindorf Altach	57	(0)
2023–	Eintracht Braunschweig	0	(0)
International career
2012–2013	Austria U18	3	(0)
2013–2014	Austria U19	4	(0)
2015	Austria U20	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2023

Tino Casali (born 14 November 1995) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eintracht Braunschweig. ^[1] He has represented Austria at youth level.

Club career

Early years

Casali began his footballing career with SV Spittal/Drau. In 2009, he joined the regional team of AKA Carinthia, where he progressed through all youth teams. In April 2013, he made his senior debut for Spittal/Drau in the Landesliga. This remained his only appearance for Spittal in the fourth highest league. ^[2]

Austria Wien

On 5 March 2013, Casali joined the youth academy of Austria Wien, signing a two-year deal. ^{[3] [4]} In October 2013 he played his first and only game for the U19 team in the UEFA Youth League against Atlético Madrid. ^[5] In February 2014, he was part of the first-team squad for the league match against Rapid Wien, without having previously played for the reserves. ^[6] In March 2014, he finally made his debut for Austria Wien II against the reserves of SV Mattersburg in the Austrian Regionalliga, conceding five goals in a 5–0 loss. ^[7] By the end of the season, he had made 11 appearances in the Regionalliga. ^[8] Ahead of the 2014–15 season, he was definitively promoted to the first team. In that season he also made 11 appearances for the reserves. ^[8]

On 6 July 2015, Casali joined Floridsdorfer AC on a season-long loan as part of a cooperation agreement with Austria Wien. ^[9] He made his Austrian Football First League debut for the club on 24 July 2015 in a game against LASK. ^[10] After eight second division games for Floridsdorf, he returned to Austria Wien prematurely in October 2015 after regular goalkeeper Robert Almer was injured. ^[11] However, he did not play for the team and only made another appearance for the reserves in the Regionalliga. In the 2016–17 season, he only made six Regionalliga appearances. ^[8]

SV Mattersburg

On 22 July 2017, Casali signed a two-year contract with SV Mattersburg after having failed at making his breakthrough with Austria Wien. ^[12] In the 2017–18 season, he did not make an appearance for the club from Burgenland and only played one game for the reserves in the Landesliga Burgenland, with whom he was promoted to the Regionalliga at the end of the season. ^{[8] [2]}

In April 2019, he finally made his debut in the Austrian Football Bundesliga when he was in the starting lineup on matchday 25 of the 2018–19 season against Rapid Wien. ^[13] In his second season at the club, Casali made five total Bundesliga appearances. ^[8] In the 2019–20 season, he played four games in the top division, and he also made another appearance for the reserves in the Regionalliga. ^[8]

Rheindorf Altach

On 10 July 2020, Casali joined Rheindorf Altach. ^[14] He made his debut for the club on 16 September in a 3–1 victory against Union Gurten in the Austrian Cup. ^[15] His league debut followed three days later in a game against Red Bull Salzburg. ^[16] Mainly a backup to club legend Martin Kobras in his first season with the club, Casali became the starter for the first time in his career ahead of the 2021–22 season. ^[17]

References

1. Tino Casali at WorldFootball.net
2. "Tino Casali". ÖFB (in German). Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
3. "Austria verpflichtet Torwart-Talent Tino Casali". FK Austria Wien (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
4. "Austria holt 17-jährigen Goalie". Kurier (in German). 5 March 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
5. "Austria Wien-Atlético | UEFA Youth League 2013/14". UEFA. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
6. "Rapid Vienna vs. Austria Vienna – 9 February 2014". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
7. "Mattersburg II vs. Austria Wien II – 1 March 2014". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
8. "T. Casali: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
9. "Tino Casali wechselt von der Austria Wien zum FAC". Sky Sport Austria (in German). 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
10. "LASK vs. Floridsdorfer AC – 24 July 2015". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
11. "Schwerer Schlag für Austria-Goalie Almer". Sport ORF (in German). 28 October 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
12. "Ein neuer Goalie für Mattersburg". LAOLA1 (in German). 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
13. "Rapid Vienna vs. Mattersburg – 13 April 2019". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
14. "Erste Transfers für Saison 2020/21 fixiert". SC Rheindorf Altach (in German). 10 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020.
15. "Trotz Rückstand in der 89. Minute: SCR Altach gewinnt im ÖFB-Cup 3:1". SPOX (in German). 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
16. "Bundesliga: Red Bull Salzburg biegt den SCR Altach auch in Unterzahl". SPOX (in German). 19 September 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
17. "Altach hat eine neue Nummer 1". LAOLA1 (in German). 15 July 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

External links

• Tino Casali at Soccerway