Daylon Claasen
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Claasen with Ajax in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Klerksdorp, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bidvest Wits | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leicester City Klerksdorp | |||
| Vasco Da Gama | |||
| 2002–2006 | Ajax Cape Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Ajax Cape Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Lierse | 69 | (11) |
| 2013–2014 | Lech Poznań | 23 | (3) |
| 2014–2017 | 1860 Munich | 49 | (1) |
| 2017– | Bidvest Wits | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | South Africa | 11 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:58, 1 May 2016 (UTC) | |||
Daylon Claasen (born 28 January 1990) is a South African international footballer who plays professionally for Bidvest Wits, as a winger.[1]
Career
Club career
Born in Klerksdorp, Claasen played youth football with Leicester City Klerksdorp and Vasco Da Gama.[2] He has played professionally in South Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax and Lierse.[3][4][5]
Claasen was released by Lierse in April 2013,[6] and subsequently went on trial with Premier League club Everton the same month.[7]
Claasen then went on trial with newly promoted Premier League club Hull City in July 2013, initially under the pseudonym of "James Armstrong" for a match against Winterton Rangers, where he scored one goal,[8] before his actual identity was revealed two days later.[9]
On 21 August 2013 he signed a one-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań.[10]
In June 2014 he signed a contract with German 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich.[11] He scored his first goal for 1860 Munich on 8 August 2015 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal against Hoffenheim, when he brought his team to a 1-0 lead in the 51st minute.[12]
International career
Claasen made his international debut for South Africa in 2010.[4]
References
- ↑ Bidvest Wits sign Claasen from 1860 Munich‚ espnfc.com, 29 June 2017
- ↑ "Claasen joins Ajax Amsterdam". iAfrica.
- ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
- 1 2 Daylon Claasen at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Daylon Claasen at Soccerway
- ↑ "Claasen says goodbye in Afrikaans" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 19 April 2013.
- ↑ David Prentice (23 April 2013). "South African midfielder Daylon Claessen hoping to impress in trial with Everton FC". Liverpool Echo.
- ↑ "Tigers Win At Winterton". Hull City A.F.C. 15 July 2013.
- ↑ Mark Fewings (17 July 2013). "Exclusive: Identity of Hull City's mystery international trialist revealed". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ "To już oficjalne. Daylon Claasen piłkarzem Lecha Poznań" (in Polish). sport.pl. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ↑ "Claasen verstärkt die Löwen" (in German). Bundesliga. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "Claasen und Mulic lassen geschundene Löwen strahlen" [Claasen and Mulic let troubled lions shine] (in German). kicker.de. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.