Player Profile

A Nigerian under-20 international who signed for the Town on a two year deal in August 2008, from Dutch Eerste Division side SC Cambuur. Though the transfer fee was undisclosed, manager Maurice Malpas revealed that Swindon attempted to sign Casal for a performance related fee, after Cambuur had previously accepted a €80,000 offer from Hungarian side Újpest FC, only for the deal to fall through. After signing a two year deal, it was revealed that Casal has turned down an approach from former England manager Steve McClaren to sign for the Town, despite McClaren's FC Twente side having qualified for the Champions League.

Casal made his debut just two days after signing, on the opening day of the season in a 3-1 victory over Tranmere. Unfortunately, he didn't live up to the expectation that the move had created - and after being taken off with a slightly strained hamstring in a game at MK Dons at the end of the month, he made just two more appearances in October - as a late substitute at Hartlepool, then playing just over an hour after starting at Southend. That proved to be the final time that Casal was named in the sixteen during 2008/09, as he even struggled to hold down a place in the reserve team. When Casal failed to make any impact at all at the start of the 2009/10 season, it was not a surprise that he left the club by mutual consent in January - but it was a surprise when it was Romanian champions CFR Cluj who signed him on a free transfer.

Playing Record

Senior

Reserve and Youth Team Appearances

Note that appearance data for reserve and youth teams may not be complete. Expand for more information.

Career details

Club	Details
Chelsea Chelsea	(schoolboy)
West Ham United West Ham United	(schoolboy)
Fulham Fulham	August 2003 (schoolboy) July 2004 (youth scholarship); released
DC United DC United	February 2007
SC Cambuur Cambuur	July 2007 ; transferred out (August 7th, 2008)
Bristol City Bristol City	September 2007 (trial)
Swindon Town Swindon	August 7th, 2008 (transferred in, undisclosed fee); released (rptd January 12th, 2010)
CFR Cluj CFR Cluj	January 13th, 2010 (unattached)
Gaz Metan Mediaş Gaz Metan Mediaş	rptd February 17th, 2010 (loan); expired
AaB AaB	July 2010 (trial)
GKS Bełchatów GKS Bełchatów	rptd February 22nd, 2011 (trial)
Vasas–HÍD Vasas–HÍD	September 2011
Columbus Crew Columbus Crew	February 2012 (trial)
Real Salt Lake City Real Salt Lake City	rptd February 22nd, 2012 (trial)
Portland Timbers Portland Timbers	March 2012 (trial)
FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo Etar 1924	July 2012 ; released (rptd January 1st, 2013)