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Daylon Claasen

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Daylon Claasen
Claasen with Ajax in 2009
Personal information
Full name Daylon Kayton Claasen[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Klerksdorp, South Africa
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right winger, attacking midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 Cape Town Spurs
Number 15
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)
2024– Cape Town Spurs 1 (0)
International career‡
2010–2015 South Africa 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2022

Daylon Kayton Claasen (born 28 January 1990) is a South African international soccer player who plays for Cape Town Spurs, as a winger.

Club career

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Born in Klerksdorp, Claasen played youth football with Leicester City Klerksdorp and Vasco Da Gama.[3] He has played professionally in South Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax and Lierse.[4][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]

In the summer of 2024 he signed for newly relegated second-tier club Cape Town Spurs.[15]

International career

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Claasen made his international debut for South Africa in 2010.[5]

References

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  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. ^ "Claasen joins Ajax Amsterdam". iAfrica. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
  5. ^ a b Daylon Claasen at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ Daylon Claasen at Soccerway
  7. ^ Bidvest Wits sign Claasen from 1860 Munich‚ espnfc.com, 29 June 2017
  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.
  15. ^ Makonco, Sinethemba (16 July 2024). "Spurs Snap Up Ex-Chiefs & Bafana Midfielders". iDiski Times. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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