Ryan Casey
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ryan Casey | ||
Date of birth | 3 January 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–1997 | Swansea City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2002 | Swansea City | 141 | (2) |
2002–2003 | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
2003 | Cork City | ||
2004–2005 | Galway United | ||
2006 | Melbourne Knights | ||
2007 | Athlone Town | ||
2008 | Longford Town | ||
National team | |||
1998 | Republic of Ireland U18 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ryan Casey (born 3 January 1979) is an Irish retired footballer and he played as left back. Ryan was appointed as the FAI Development Officer for Sligo in July 2007.[1]
Casey began his career with Swansea City having signed as a 17-year-old from Galway Hibernians A.F.C.
He has also played for St Patrick's Athletic, Cork City, Galway United, Athlone Town and Longford Town.
Casey was part of the so-called "golden generation" of Republic of Ireland youth football of the late 1990s. Under the guidance of Brian Kerr, the unfancied Republic won the UEFA U-16 and U-18 European championships in 1998, and Ryan was part of the victorious U-18 side in Cyprus.[2] In 1999, he played at the World Youth Cup in Nigeria, where the Republic reached the last 16 before going out on penalties to the hosts.
Honours[]
- Republic of Ireland
United Kingdom
- Part of the Great Britain team in the 2000 Sydney Olympics
- UEFA European Under-18 Championship (1): 1998
Swansea City
- Football League Third Division play-offs runner-up: 1997[3]
References[]
- ^ "FAI appoint new Development Officer for Sligo". Irish Independent. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ "The Irish U-18 European Champions of 1998". That's Ireland. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ Fox, Norman (25 May 1997). "Football: Swansea run over by Frain". The Independent. Independent Digital News & Media. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
External links[]
- Ryan Casey at Soccerbase
- Swansea City A.F.C. players
- Athlone Town A.F.C. players
- Galway United F.C. (1937–2011) players
- St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
- Longford Town F.C. players
- Melbourne Knights FC players
- League of Ireland players
- Living people
- 1979 births
- English Football League players
- Association football fullbacks
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- English footballers
- English people of Irish descent
- Republic of Ireland youth international footballers