Giovani Casillas
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Giovani Daniel Casillas Chávez | ||
Date of birth | January 4, 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Guadalajara | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2011 | Guadalajara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011– | Guadalajara | 7 | (0) |
2013 | → Chivas USA (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2014 | → Chiapas (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2015 | → Coras (loan) | 5 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Mexico U17 | 7 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 23, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 22, 2013 |
Giovani Daniel Casillas Chávez (born January 4, 1994 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as a Midfielder for C.D. Guadalajara. Casillas won the U17 World Cup in Mexico 2011.[1]
Career
Club
Giovani Casillas is one of the young promises of Club Deportivo Guadalajara. Growing up in the Chivas youth system, he made his official first team debut during the 2011 World Football Challenge in a friendly against FC Barcelona, where he scored the third goal in a triumph 4-1 win. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 on August 6, 2011 in a 0-0 Pumas-Chivas, entering in the 82nd minute for Jesús Sánchez.[2] However, a knee injury sidelined him for the rest of the season. In 2012 he rejoined the first team, and made six appearances, including two as a starter. He also appeared in four Copa Libertadores 2012 matches.
On February 21, 2013 sister club Chivas USA announced they had acquired Giovani Casillas and teammates Mario de Luna and Edgar Mejia on loan from CD Guadalajara.[3] He scored his first professional goal against FC Dallas on March 10, 2013 in a 3-1 win. The goal came in stoppage time in the 93rd minute on an assist from fellow Guadalajara loanee Edgar Mejia.
International
Casillas was an important member of the Mexico U17 side that captured the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Honours
Club
- Guadalajara
References
- ↑ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/164529/giovani-casillas-chavez?cc=5901
- ↑ http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/reacciones/2011/08/06/giovani-casillas-feliz-con-su-debut-en-primera-division_35620_35620
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External links
- MLS player profile
- Giovani Casillas on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- mediotiempo.com profile
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- Living people
- Mexican footballers
- Mexican expatriate footballers
- C.D. Guadalajara footballers
- Chiapas F.C. footballers
- Chivas USA players
- Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Footballers from Jalisco
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Liga MX players
- Major League Soccer players
- Mexico youth international footballers
- Mexican football biography stubs