Daylon Claasen

Daylon Kayton Claasen (born 28 January 1990) is a South African international soccer player who last played for Maritzburg United, as a winger.[3]

Daylon Claasen
Claasen with Ajax in 2009
Personal information
Full name Daylon Kayton Claasen[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990
Place of birth Klerksdorp, South Africa
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right winger, Attacking midfielder[2]
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)
2017–2019 Bidvest Wits 32 (1)
2019–2022 Maritzburg United 89 (5)
International career‡
2010–2015 South Africa 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2022

Club career

Born in Klerksdorp, Claasen played youth football with Leicester City Klerksdorp and Vasco Da Gama.[4] He has played professionally in South Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax and Lierse.[5][6][7]

Claasen was released by Lierse in April 2013,[8] and subsequently went on trial with Premier League club Everton the same month.[9]

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,[10] before his actual identity was revealed two days later.[11]

On 21 August 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań.[12]

In June 2014 he signed a contract with German 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich.[13] 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.[14]

International career

Claasen made his international debut for South Africa in 2010.[6]

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: South Africa" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
  2. Daylon Claasen at WorldFootball.net
  3. Bidvest Wits sign Claasen from 1860 Munich‚ espnfc.com, 29 June 2017
  4. "Claasen joins Ajax Amsterdam". iAfrica. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  5. "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
  6. Daylon Claasen at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. Daylon Claasen at Soccerway
  8. "Claasen says goodbye in Afrikaans" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 19 April 2013.
  9. David Prentice (23 April 2013). "South African midfielder Daylon Claessen hoping to impress in trial with Everton FC". Liverpool Echo.
  10. "Tigers Win At Winterton". Hull City A.F.C. 15 July 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  11. Mark Fewings (17 July 2013). "Exclusive: Identity of Hull City's mystery international trialist revealed". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  12. "To już oficjalne. Daylon Claasen piłkarzem Lecha Poznań" (in Polish). sport.pl. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  13. "Claasen verstärkt die Löwen" (in German). Bundesliga. 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  14. "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.
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