Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Casilla Cortés[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 2 October 1986||
Place of birth | Alcover, Spain | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
2000 | Gimnàstic | ||
2000–2004 | Real Madrid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2006 | Real Madrid C | 8 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Real Madrid B | 5 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Espanyol B | 25 | (0) |
2008–2015 | Espanyol | 115 | (0) |
2008–2010 | → Cádiz (loan) | 66 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Cartagena (loan) | 35 | (0) |
2015–2019 | Real Madrid | 25 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Leeds United | 56 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Elche (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Getafe | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2005 | Spain U19 | 3 | (0) |
2008 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
2014 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
2010–2014 | Catalonia | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022 |
Francisco "Kiko" Casilla Cortés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkiko kaˈsiʎa]; born 2 October 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
He started playing for Real Madrid, but only represented the reserve teams in the early stage of his career. He went on to appear in 126 competitive matches for Espanyol over six La Liga seasons before returning to his previous club in 2015, with whom he won three UEFA Champions League titles as backup to Keylor Navas. In 2019–20, he won promotion to the Premier League with Leeds United.
Casilla won one cap for Spain, in 2014.