Player Profile

Chris CASPER

Full name
Christopher Martin CASPER

Date of birth
April 28th, 1975 - Burnley

First joined
September 5th, 1997 [loan]

First team debut
September 7th, 1997 vs. Nottingham Forest (Home)

Last match played
October 31st, 1997 vs. Portsmouth (Away)

Positions

CD
International career
ENGLAND
Under-21 international
1 apps.

Under-18 international
8 apps.

Signed on loan from Manchester United in his last full season at Old Trafford, Casper was a member of a youth team that included David Beckham, Paul Scholes and the Neville brothers. He had an eventful spell at the County Ground, playing in Swindon’s better period of the 1997/1998 season, when the Town topped the table, and scoring an important second goal in a 2-1 home win against Tranmere Rovers. Casper went on to play for rivals Reading, but sadly his career was cut short after a career ending tackle by Cardiff’s Richard Carpenter on Boxing Day 1999, when aged just 25.

Playing Record


Senior

Season LEAGUE FA CUP EFL CUP TOTAL
AppsGlsAppsGlsAppsGls Apps Gls
1997/98 8 (+1) 1 - - - - 8 (+1) 1
TOTAL 8 (+1) 1 - - - - 8 (+1) 1

Career details


Club Details
Manchester United

Man Utd 		1991 (trainee)
February 3rd, 1993 (signed professional contract); transferred out (November 1998)
AFC Bournemouth

Bournemouth 		January 11th, 1996 (loan)
Swindon Town

Swindon 		September 5th, 1997 (loan); expired (November 1997)
Reading

Reading 		September 16th, 1998 (loan)
Reading

Reading 		November 1998 (transferred in , £300,000 ); retired (2000)
Team Bath

Team Bath 		January 2002 (coach)
Bury

Bury 		 (appointed youth coach)
 (appointed reserve team manager)
September 19th, 2005 (appointed manager); sacked (January 14th, 2008)
Bradford City

Bradford 		rptd June 25th, 2008 (appointed youth coach)
Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town 		rptd December 1st, 2009 (appointed assistant manager); resigned (rptd July 1st, 2010)
Salford City

Salford 		rptd July 6th, 2017 (appointed sporting director)