Giovani Casillas
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| Full name | Giovani Daniel Casillas Chávez | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | January 4, 1994 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | La Piedad | ||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
| 2016 | → Tampico Madero (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2017–2018 | La Piedad | 37 | (2) | ||||||||
| 2019– | Real Zamora | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Mexico U17 | 7 | (3) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*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 La Piedad. Casillas won the U17 World Cup in Mexico 2011.[1]
Career
Club
Growing up in the Club Deportivo Guadalajara youth system, Giovani Casillas made his first team debut during the 2011 World Football Challenge in a friendly against FC Barcelona, where he scored the third goal in a 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 a member of the Mexico U17 side that won the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Honours
Club
- Guadalajara
References
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/164529/giovani-casillas-chavez?cc=5901
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Chivas add three players". mediotiempo.com. February 21, 2013. Archived from the original on February 25, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
- ^ "¡CHIVAS CAMPEÓN DE LA COPA MX APERTURA 2015!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
External links
- Giovani Casillas at Major League Soccer
- Giovani Casillas on X
- Giovani Casillas – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
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- 1994 births
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- Footballers from Jalisco
- Association football midfielders
- Mexican footballers
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- Chivas USA players
- Chiapas F.C. footballers
- Coras de Nayarit F.C. footballers
- Tampico Madero F.C. footballers
- La Piedad footballers
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