Jorge Casado

Jorge Casado Rodríguez (born 26 June 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Greek club Xanthi.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Casado and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Jorge Casado
Personal information
Full name Jorge Casado Rodríguez
Date of birth (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Xanthi
Number 22
Youth career
1996–2000 AD Villa Rosa
2000–2008 Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Rayo Vallecano B 55 (0)
2010–2014 Real Madrid B 124 (8)
2014–2015 Betis 15 (0)
2015–2016 Ponferradina 35 (0)
2016–2017 Zaragoza 18 (1)
2017–2019 Xanthi 51 (2)
2020– Xanthi 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 July 2020

Club career

Born in Madrid, Casado joined local Rayo Vallecano's youth system at the age of 11, going on to appear for every youth squad at the club. He made his senior debut with the reserves, playing two full seasons in Tercera División.

In summer 2010, Casado signed with neighbouring Real Madrid, being assigned to the B side in Segunda División B. He represented them in both that level and Segunda División – almost always as a starter – first appearing in the latter competition in 2012–13.[1]

Casado made his official debut with the Merengues's first team on 20 December 2011, playing 70 minutes in a 5–1 home win against SD Ponferradina for the campaign's Copa del Rey (7–1 on aggregate).[2][3] He scored his first professional goal on 8 October of the following year, netting Castilla's second in a 4–2 victory at Hércules CF.[4]

On 4 July 2014, Casado agreed to a two-year deal with Real Betis, recently relegated to division two.[5] He terminated his contract on 15 July of the following year after appearing sparingly,[6] and moved to fellow league team Ponferradina five days later.[7]

On 8 July 2016, Casado signed for Real Zaragoza also of the second tier.[8] On 6 July of the following year, he moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a contract with Super League Greece club Xanthi FC.[9] He made his debut for the latter in the season opener, a 0–0 home draw against PAS Lamia 1964;[10] his first goal in the competition came on 29 April 2018, when he helped the hosts defeat Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. 1–0.[11]

Casado left the Xanthi FC Arena at the end of the 2018–19 campaign, but returned on 1 January 2020 on a new deal.[12]

References
  1. Jorge Casado reaches 75 appearances for Castilla Archived 1 February 2013 at Archive.today; Real Madrid CF, 29 October 2012
  2. Casado: “Es uno de los días más felices de mi vida” (Casado: “This is one of the happiest days of my life”) Archived 1 February 2013 at Archive.today; Real Madrid CF, 20 December 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. El Madrid ficha hacia octavos (Madrid sign last-16); Marca, 20 December 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. El Castilla enseña el abismo a Mandiá (Castilla show the pit to Mandiá); Marca, 8 October 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. El Real Betis incorpora al lateral izquierdo Jorge Casado (Real Betis add left back Jorge Casado); Real Betis, 4 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. Casado terminates his contract with Real Betis; Real Betis, 15 July 2015
  7. Jorge Casado llega a El Toralín (Jorge Casado arrives at El Toralín) Archived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine; SD Ponferradina, 20 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. Jorge Casado, nuevo jugador del Real Zaragoza (Jorge Casado, new player of Real Zaragoza); Real Zaragoza, 8 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  9. Jorge Casado se va al Xanthi griego (Jorge Casado goes to Greece's Xanthi); Marca, 6 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  10. Karakousis, Fotis (19 August 2017). "Ξάνθη – Λαμία: 0–0 (vid)" [Xanthi – Lamia: 0–0 (vid)] (in Greek). Gazzetta. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  11. Karakousis, Fotis (29 April 2018). "Ξάνθη – ΑΕΛ 1–0" [Xanthi – AEL 1–0] (in Greek). Gazzetta. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  12. Cholidis, Kostas (1 January 2020). "Επίσημο: Επέστρεψε στην Ξάνθη ο Κασάδο" [Official: Casado returned to Xanthi] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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