Marcelo Casas
Paraguayan footballer (born 1992)
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Juan Marcelo Casas Chamorro (born 14 April 1992) commonly referred to as Marcelo Casas[1] is a Paraguayan-Spanish[2] footballer who currently plays for Guaraní F.B.C. in the Paraguayan Division Intermedia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Marcelo Casas Chamorro | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1992 | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Guaraní F.B.C. | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2009 | Libertad | ||
| 2009–2013 | Panathinaikos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Panathinaikos | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | 22 de Septiembre | ||
| 2016 | Fulgencio Yegros | (1) | |
| 2017–2018 | 22 de Septiembre | ||
| 2019 | Athletic FBC | -- | (--) |
| 2021–2022 | Guaraní F.B.C. | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
In 2009, Casas joined the Panathinaikos Academy aged 17, playing for the club’s under-21 Golden Team in the Superleague Greece Youth Leagues, and was promoted to the Panathinaikos B team and first-team squad from the 2010–11 season under the works of Jesualdo Ferreira,[3] until departing the club at the termination of the 2014-15 season.[4]
Career
Panathinaikos
In 2009, Casas was signed by Panathinaikos when he was still a minor and joined the club’s under-21’s Academy team.[5] He signed with a Spanish passport,[2] and was teammates with Greece under-21 player Giorgos Machlelis and Australia under-20 player Robert Stambolziev. On 18 August 2009, Casas played in a 1-1 home draw against PAO Rouf at the Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium in a 2009–10 pre-season friendly for Panathinaikos under-21’s Academy squad, sharing a strong team with Charalampos Mavrias, Nikos Kousidis, Stefanos Kapino, Nikos Marinakis , Anastasios Lagos, Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos, Georgios Chionidis, Spyros Fourlanos and Alexandros Tabakis and coached by Juan Ramón Rocha.[6]
On 10 December 2010, it was reported that Casas' former youth club, Primera División Paraguaya team Libertad would sue Panathinaikos for breach of trust.[7] Casas travelled to Greece in 2009 to trial with Panathinaikos after Libertad received an invitation from Panathinaikos to trial the player for 30 days.[7] According to Libertad, Panathinaikos asked Libertad for a one-month extension as the player was passing the trials. In that time, Panathinaikos convinced Casas to continue at the club without Libertad's permission, using the invitation as a trick, and the player signed for the club when he turned 18 years old.[7] Libertad detailed that the club deserved expenses due to forming the player.[7]
Under the tenure of Portuguese coach Jesualdo Ferreira during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, Casas worked the men’s team.[8] He cited Ferreira as a Teacher and teammate Jean-Alain Boumsong as a role model.[9]
22 de Septiembre
Casas featured for 22 de Septiembre during the 2015 Primera División B Nacional.[10][11] In October 2015, he featured during the promotion play-offs against Liga Ovetense as the latter eventually gained promotion to the 2016 División Intermedia.[12] Subsequently, 22 de Septiembre were then forced to play a promotion play off against the runner-up of the Primera División B Metropolitana in order to ascend to the 2016 División Intermedia. In November 2015, Casas featured in both fixtures of the play-off against Club Fulgencio Yegros as 22 de Septiembre were defeated 4−2 on penalties after a 2−2 aggregate score.[13][14]
Fulgencio Yegros
Casas made his first appearance for the club in Round 1 of the 2016 División Intermedia, playing a full 90 minutes of a 3−2 away victory against Ovetense.[1] He then played a full 90 minutes in a 4−0 thrashing against Sport Colombia the following week.[15] He would not play again until round 7 in a 1−0 away defeat against Sportivo Iteño.[16] On 10 July 2016, he scores for the club in a 1−1 draw vs Ovetense.[17][18]
22 de Septiembre
Casas rejoined Club 22 de Septiembre in 2017 as they were promoted to the División Intermedia having won a promotion play off, the same promotion play off that the player had played in during 2015.[19]
Athletic FBC
In 2019, Casas played for Encarnación team Athletic FBC in Paraguay's third-tier.[20]
Guaraní FBC
In June 2021, Casas played in a 3–0 away victory against Sportivo Ameliano.[21] In August 2021, he played in a 1–0 victory against General Díaz.[22] In September 2021, he scored in the first goal in 30th minute of a 2–1 home victory against Sportivo Iteño.[23][24] In September 2021, he played in a 2–0 away defeat against General Caballero JLM.[25]
Honours
Club
- 22 de Septiembre
- Primera División B Nacional: Runners-up: 1
- 2015
- Primera División B Nacional: Runners-up: 1
