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Filip Kasalica
Personal information
Full name Filip Kasalica
Date of birth (1988-12-17) 17 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Titovo Užice, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
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)
2022–2024 Grafičar Beograd 11 (0)
2023–2024 → OFK Beograd (loan) 22 (1)
International career‡
2008–2010 Montenegro U21 8 (0)
2012–2014 Montenegro 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 March 2014

Filip Kasalica (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Касалица; born 17 December 1988) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

Early life

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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

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Early career

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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

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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

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

Ordabasy

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

International career

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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

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As of 17 March 2013
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2007–08 Hajduk Kula SuperLiga 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2008–09 31 3 0 0 0 0 31 3
2009–10 11 2 0 0 0 0 11 2
2010–11 24 2 0 0 0 0 24 2
2011–12 Sloboda Užice 14 7 1 1 0 0 15 8
Red Star 13 2 3 1 0 0 16 3
2012–13 17 4 3 0 5 3 25 7
League Cup Continental Total
Total Serbia 116 20 7 2 5 3 128 25
Career total 116 20 7 2 5 3 128 25

International goals

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Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 August 2012 Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica  Latvia 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

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Red Star Belgrade

References

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  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. ^ [1] Reuters: Signings give Red Star 2–0 derby win over Partizan. 21 March 2013
  5. ^ Ордабасы подписал Касалицу. 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". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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