Facundo Cáseres

Facundo Agustín Cáseres (born 28 May 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Farense.[2]

Facundo Cáseres
Personal information
Full name Facundo Agustín Cáseres
Date of birth (2001-05-28) 28 May 2001
Place of birth Arteaga, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Farense
Youth career
2014–2020 Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Vélez Sarsfield 3 (0)
2021–2023 → Istra 1961 (loan) 50 (4)
2023– Farense 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2023

Career

Born in Arteaga, Cáseres joined the academy of Vélez Sarsfield in 2014.[3] He was promoted into their senior set-up in early 2019, though wouldn't make an appearance on a competitive first-team teamsheet until October 2020.[3][4][5] He was an unused substitute for a Copa Sudamericana draw with Peñarol on 28 October, which preceded his senior bow arriving on 31 October in a 1–1 draw at home to Huracán in the Copa de la Liga Profesional; he started and remained for 64 minutes, before being substituted for Lucas Janson.[2][6]

In August 2021, Cáseres was introduced as a new player of the Croatian club NK Istra 1961, on a one-year loan from Vélez Sarsfield. [7] On 26 July 2022, Veléz confirmed that the loan spell had been extended with one year further.[8]

On 30 August 2023, recently-promoted to Primeira Liga side Farense announced the signing of Cáseres. The duration of the contract was undisclosed.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 May 2023.[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vélez Sarsfield 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 3000000030
Istra 1961 (loan) 2021–22 Prva HNL 17 2 1 0 — — 18 2
2022–23 HNL 33 2 2 0 — — 35 2
Total 50 4 3 0 — — 53 4
Farense 2023–24 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 534300000564

    Notes
    1. Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

    References
    1. "Facundo Cáseres". World Football. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
    2. "Argentina - F. Cáseres". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
    3. "FACU CÁSERES, NUEVA FIRMA". Vélez Sarsfield. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
    4. "¡GOLAZO! Facundo Cáseres la colgó de un ángulo y puso el 1-0 de Vélez". ESPN. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
    5. "Los suplentes de Estudiantes también perdieron por 1-0 ante el Fortín". El Día. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
    6. "TUVO SU DEBUT". Vélez Sarsfield. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
    7. Novi dan, novo pojačanje u Puli: Facundo Cáseres predstavljen je kao novi Istrin nogometaš at Telesport
    8. Sigue en Croacia, velez.com.ar, 26 July 2022
    9. "Já aterrou um novo "Leão de Faro"!" [A new "Lion of Faro" has landed!] (in European Portuguese). SC Farense. 30 August 2023.
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