Daylon Claasen

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Daylon Claasen
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Claasen with Ajax in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Klerksdorp, South Africa
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
1860 Munich
Number 7
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– 1860 Munich 35 (1)
International career
2010– South Africa 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:46, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:58, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Daylon Claasen (born 28 January 1990) is a South African international footballer who plays professionally for German club 1860 Munich, as a midfielder.

Career

Club career

Born in Klerksdorp, Claasen played youth football with Leicester City Klerksdorp and Vasco Da Gama.[1] He has played professionally in South Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax and Lierse.[2][3][4]

Claasen was released by Lierse in April 2013,[5] and subsequently went on trial with Premier League club Everton the same month.[6]

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,[7] before his actual identity was revealed two days later.[8]

On 21 August 2013 he signed a one-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań.[9]

In June 2014 he signed a contract with German 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich.[10] 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.[11]

International career

Claasen made his international debut for South Africa in 2010.[3]

References

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