Milton Casco
Casco with River Plate in 2016
Personal information
Full name Milton Óscar Casco[1]
Date of birth (1988-04-11) 11 April 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth María Grande, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 River Plate
Number 20
Youth career
Atlético María Grande
Gimnasia LP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Gimnasia LP 73 (0)
2012–2015 Newell's Old Boys 82 (5)
2015– River Plate 159 (3)
International career‡
2015– Argentina 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
Copa América
Third place 2019 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:08, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2019

Milton Óscar Casco (born 11 April 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as left-back for River Plate.

Club career

Born in María Grande, Entre Ríos Province, Casco began his professional career with Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata of the Argentine Primera División in 2009. In July 2012 he signed for Newell's Old Boys under manager Gerardo Martino, who bought 50% of his economic rights.[3]

In August 2015, Casco was close to a €2.5 million move to French club Olympique de Marseille. The transfer fell through when compatriot Marcelo Bielsa unexpectedly resigned as the Ligue 1 team's manager.[4]

On 9 September 2015, Casco signed a three-year contract with CA River Plate, with the Buenos Aires–based club purchasing 85% of his economic rights for $3 million.[5] He made his debut four days later in the Superclásico against arch-rivals Boca Juniors, a 1–0 home loss.[6] On 18 July 2017 he signed an extension until June 2020.[7] On 12 February 2021 he signed an extension until December 2023.[8] On 13 September 2022, he extended his contract until December 2025[9]

International career

On 27 May, uncapped Casco was selected by coach Gerardo Martino for the 2015 Copa América in Chile.[10] He made his debut in a preparation friendly on 7 June at the Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, filling in for Facundo Roncaglia for the final 29 minutes of a 5–0 win over Bolivia;[11] however, he did not feature in the tournament, in which his country lost to the hosts in the final.

Absent from the national team since the 2015 tournament, Casco was a surprise inclusion for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil, with Lionel Scaloni picking him ahead of Gabriel Mercado.[12] He played one game of a third-place finish, the 1–1 group draw with Paraguay at the Mineirão.[13]

Club statistics

Club

As of match played 22 June 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental[a] Other[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gimnasia La Plata 2008–09 Argentine Primera División 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009–10 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
2010–11 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
2011–12 Primera B 31 0 0 0 — 0 0 31 0
Total 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0
Newell's 2012–13 Argentine Primera División 21 2 1 0 10 2 0 0 32 3
2013–14 33 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 35 3
2014 11 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 18 1
2015 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Total 82 5 3 0 18 3 0 0 103 7
River Plate 2015 Argentine Primera División 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 11 0
2016 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 1
2016–17 20 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 30 0
2017–18 12 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 21 1
2018–19 13 0 5 0 8 0 5 0 31 0
2019–20 19 1 4 0 7 1 0 0 30 2
2020–21 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0
2021 26 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 35 0
2022 30 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 41 1
2023 18 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 22 0
Total 159 3 19 1 64 1 8 0 243 5
Career total 314 8 22 1 82 4 8 0 419 12
  1. ^ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
  2. ^ Includes the FIFA Club World Cup, Recopa Sudamericana, Copa de la Superliga and Supercopa Argentina.


Honours

Newell's Old Boys

River Plate

Argentina

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players: River Plate" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2015. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Milton Casco" (in Spanish). Club Atlético River Plate. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Milton Casco, la nueva incorporación de Newell's" [Milton Casco, new signing for Newell's]. Popular (in Spanish). 7 July 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Marseille retreats from Milton Casco deal after Bielsa's departure". EFE. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Milton Casco es nuevo jugador de River y podría jugar ante Boca" [Milton Casco is new River player and could play against Boca] (in Spanish). ESPN. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. ^ Maverino, Silvio (12 September 2015). "Casco debuta ante Boca: ¿Cuántas veces pasó?" [Casco debuts against Boca: How many times has this happened?]. Fox Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Casco y Rodríguez renovaron su contrato con River". caRiverPlate.com.ar (in Spanish). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  8. ^ Berardo, Nico (2021-02-12). "Casco firmó su renovación con River". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  9. ^ "Milton Casco renovó su contrato con River". caRiverPlate.com.ar (in Spanish). 13 September 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  10. ^ "Gerardo Martino confirmó la lista de 23 convocados y mantuvo a Casco para la Copa América" [Gerardo Martino confirmed the list of 23 squad members and maintained Casco for the Copa América]. La Nación. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  11. ^ Pisani, Sacha (7 June 2015). "Argentina 5-0 Bolivia: Aguero bags hat-trick". Goal.com. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  12. ^ Garcia, Adriana (21 May 2019). "Messi leads Argentina's Copa America squad list". ESPN FC. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Argentina draws with Paraguay 1-1 in Copa America". USA Today. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  14. ^ Milton Casco at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2014. Edit this at Wikidata
  15. ^ Hill, Tim (5 July 2015). "Chile win Copa América after beating Argentina on penalties – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Copa América: Messi sent off as Argentina takes 3rd place". Fox Sports. AP. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

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Club Atlético River Plate – current squad
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