Tony Cascarino

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Tony Cascarino
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Guy Cascarino
Date of birth	September 1, 1962 (age 44)
Place of birth	St Paul's Cray (near Orpington), Kent, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981-1987 1987-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1994 1994-1997 1997-2000 2000	Gillingham Millwall Aston Villa Celtic Chelsea Olympique de Marseille Nancy Red Star 93	219 (76) 105 (42) 46 (11) 24 (4) 40 (8) 84 (61) 109 (44) 2 (0)
National team
1985-1999	Republic of Ireland	88 (19)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony Guy ("Tony") Cascarino (born September 1, 1962 in St Paul's Cray, Orpington, Kent, England) made his name as a striker for various British and French football clubs and for the Republic of Ireland. Since retirement, he has presented on TalkSPORT radio and written for both The Times and Ireland's Hot Press Magazine.

Having originally planned to be a hair-dresser, Cascarino joined Gillingham in 1982 from Crockenhill FC, for a transfer fee of a set of tracksuit tops and some corrugated iron. He went on to play for Millwall, Aston Villa, Celtic and Chelsea. However, his most successful years were with Olympique de Marseille and Nancy in the French Ligue 1.

Cascarino represented the Republic of Ireland, qualifying through his grandmother's adoptive nationality. He scored nineteen goals in eighty-eight appearances, his aerial prowess fitting well with the long ball style of the team. Cascarino was an integral part of the teams that took part in the European Championship in 1988 and World Cups in 1990 and 1994.

Cascarino produced an autobiography which was extremely forthright by the standards of sports autobiographies, and did not hold back from disclosing details of the gambling addiction which had blighted his career as well as his own infidelities which led to the break-up of his marriage. He also revealed that during his time at Marseille, he and many other of the club's players were injected by the club physiotherapist with an unknown substance. The physiotherapist at the time insisted the substance was legal and would provide an "adrenaline boost". Cascarino claimed that only players who had taken this injection would be allowed to play.

Since retiring from football, Cascarino has become a semi-professional poker player, having appeared in the television series Celebrity Poker Club and commentating on the PartyPoker Poker Den.

[edit] External links

• Tony Cascarino at the Internet Movie Database
• Tony Cascarino career stats at Soccerbase
• Hendon Mob poker tournament results

	Republic of Ireland squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Bonner | 2 Morris | 3 Staunton | 4 McCarthy | 5 Moran | 6 Whelan | 7 McGrath | 8 Houghton | 9 Aldridge | 10 Cascarino | 11 Sheedy | 12 O'Leary | 13 Townsend | 14 Hughton | 15 Slaven | 16 Sheridan | 17 Quinn | 18 Stapleton | 19 Kelly | 20 Byrne | 21 McLoughlin | 22 Peyton | Coach: Charlton

	Republic of Ireland squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 Bonner | 2 Irwin | 3 Phelan | 4 Moran | 5 McGrath | 6 Keane | 7 Townsend | 8 Houghton | 9 Aldridge | 10 Sheridan | 11 Staunton | 12 G. Kelly | 13 Kernaghan | 14 Babb | 15 Coyne | 16 Cascarino | 17 McGoldrick | 18 Whelan | 19 McLoughlin | 20 D. Kelly | 21 McAteer | 22 A. Kelly | Coach: Charlton