Kiko Casilla

Kiko Casilla
Casilla playing for Espanyol in 2015
Personal information
Full name Francisco Casilla Cortés[1]
Date of birth (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 38)[2]
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)
2008–2010Cádiz (loan) 66 (0)
2010–2011Cartagena (loan) 35 (0)
2015–2019 Real Madrid 25 (0)
2019–2022 Leeds United 56 (0)
2021–2022Elche (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.

  1. ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 13 de enero de 2019, en Sevilla" [Minutes of the match held on 13 January 2019, in Seville] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of players: Real Madrid CF" (PDF). FIFA. 30 November 2017. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ^ "K. Casilla" (in Spanish). Getafe CF. Retrieved 6 March 2023.