Filip Kasalica

Filip Kasalica (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Касалица; born 17 December 1988) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays for Serbian club OFK Beograd. Although he most frequently plays as striker, he can be deployed in any position in the attack.

Filip Kasalica
Personal information
Full name Filip Kasalica
Date of birth (1988-12-17) 17 December 1988
Place of birth Titovo Užice, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 OFK Beograd
Number 17
Youth career
Sloboda Užice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 OFK Beograd 4 (1)
2006 → Jedinstvo Paraćin (loan)
2007 → Mačva Šabac (loan) 13 (1)
2007 → Srem (loan) 15 (3)
2008 → Hajduk Kula (loan) 6 (0)
2008–2011 Hajduk Kula 66 (7)
2011–2012 Sloboda Užice 14 (7)
2012–2014 Red Star Belgrade 59 (9)
2014–2015 Ulsan Hyundai 14 (0)
2015 NK Istra 1961 14 (0)
2016 Ordabasy 26 (4)
2017 Napredak Kruševac 23 (3)
2018 Platanias 11 (0)
2018–2020 Rad 50 (3)
2020–2022 Radnički Niš 55 (5)
2022 Grafičar Beograd 11 (0)
2023– OFK Beograd 15 (3)
International career‡
2008–2010 Montenegro U21 8 (0)
2012–2014 Montenegro 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 August 2020

Early life

Being the son of a former footballer, Kasalica was born in Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. His father, Davor Kasalica, had played for the local team, FK Sloboda Užice.[1][2]

Club career

Early career

Filip started playing in OFK Beograd in 2004. After minor spells with Jedinstvo Paraćin, Mačva Šabac and Srem, he returned to the top flight by joining Hajduk Kula in 2008. In the first half of the 2011/12 season, Kasalica represented FK Sloboda Užice scoring a total of 7 goals in 14 appearances with 2 assists in the Serbian SuperLiga. He also made an appearance in the Serbian Cup in which se scored a goal. Due to these performances, the two biggest Serbian clubs, FK Partizan and Red Star Belgrade showed interest to sign Kasalica.

Red Star Belgrade

In December 2011, Kasalica joined Red Star Belgrade from Sloboda for a transfer fee of approximately €220,000. Filip made his debut for Red Star on 14 March 2012 in a match against Smederevo. He came in as a substitute in the 75th minute of the game. After only one minute and thirteen seconds, he managed to score his first goal for the club. This made him the player that scored the fastest goals in his debut in the history of Red Star, beating the 50-year-old previous record of three minutes and 42 seconds held by Bora Kostić.[3] Only a week later on 21 March 2012, he scored a goal against Red Star's arch-rivals Partizan in the Eternal derby after coming on from the bench in the second half.[4]

Ulsan Hyundai

On 9 July 2014, Kasalica joined Ulsan Hyundai from Red Star Belgrade.

Ordabasy

In January 2016, Kasalica moved to the Kazakhstan Premier League with FC Ordabasy.[5]

International career

Despite being born in Serbia, Kasalica accepted an invitation from coach Branko Brnović to represent the Montenegrin U-21 national team.[6] He made his debut for the national team on 15 August 2012, during which he scored a goal against Latvia in the 76th minute.[7] He has earned a total of 11 caps, scoring 1 goal.[8] His final international was a March 2014 friendly match against Ghana.[9]

Career statistics
As of 17 March 2013
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2007–08Hajduk KulaSuperLiga60000060
2008–093130000313
2009–101120000112
2010–112420000242
2011–12Sloboda Užice1471100158
Red Star1323100163
2012–131743053257
League Cup Continental Total
Total Serbia 11620725312825
Career total 11620725312825

International goals
Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 August 2012Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica Latvia2–02–0Friendly

Honours
Red Star

References
  1. Hari i Užice – ljubav na prvi pogled at fksloboda.org, 23 February 2012 (in Serbian)
  2. FK Sloboda Užice 1988/89 season at fksloboda.org (in Serbian)
  3. Kasalica brži i od Bore Kostića! Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine at mozzartsport.com, 14 March 2012 (in Serbian)
  4. Reuters: Signings give Red Star 2–0 derby win over Partizan. 21 March 2013
  5. Ордабасы подписал Касалицу. www.sports.kz (in Russian). sports.kz. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. Filip Kasalica at FSCG.co.me
  7. Vijesti – Sport – Sokoli bez problema protiv Letonije (Serbian) Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  8. "Montenegro - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  9. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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