Top facts about Kiko Casilla

Francisco "Kiko" Casilla Cortes ( born 2 October 1986) is a Spanish football player who plays for Premier League club 

 as a goaltender.

Let's go through 

top facts about Kiko Casilla

. He began playing for Real Madrid and  went on to play in 126 competitive games for Espanyol more than 6 La Liga seasons before coming back to his prior club in 2015, with whom he achieved 3 UEFA Champions League titles as back-up to Keylor Navas. In 2019–20, he promoted to the Premier League with Leeds United.

Casilla won one cap for Spain, in 2014. Kiko Casilla did not get much of a chance to play when he was in Real Madrid and could not take full advantage of even a few minutes. Real has always had great goalkeepers in history who have made the history of this club. Including Iker Casillas, Thibaut Courtois, Keylor Navas, and others.

Casilla has grown from a Real Madrid youth team to a professional level. Perhaps he can be considered one of the happiest players in the world of football.

Because he was in the Real Madrid team for 3 consecutive years that Real Madrid won the Champions League in 2016-2017 and 2018. He was indeed on the bench, but you can imagine that every footballer wants to win this title. A wish that many could not achieve. Great players, including

, are still yet to do it.

In the continuation of our article, to understand more about the importance of this issue, we have brought the list of goalkeepers who have been able to win the Champions League three times, which we will name at the bottom.

Only 8 goalkeepers were able to win three Champions Leagues: Juan Alonso (Real Madrid), Keylor Navas (Real Madrid), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Kiko Casilla (Real Madrid), Victor Valdes (Barcelona) , Heinz Stuy (

), Ray Clemence (Liverpool), Sepp Maier (Bayern Munich).

Kiko Casilla also stated in an interview that he did not want to leave Real Madrid. He gave an interview to Marca newspaper about 2 years ago.

"He said that Leeds United's offer has been considered; He liked the idea and mentality of those who signed him. The

League has always been attractive to him and it was a good time to leave Madrid. Escape from a comfortable situation to face a new challenge."

"Of course, he says his situation was not very comfortable. After signing Thibaut Courtois in the summer, he wanted to leave Real Madrid, but despite knowing that he would experience some difficult months, he decided to stay. At 32, he was the team's third goalkeeper.

He had to train hard, just be a member of the team, and always keep a positive mind. He had offers in the summer but nothing was clear and the offers did not attract his attention so he decided to wait."

Another top fact about Kiko Casilla regarding his transfer: "He also says that part of his decision was due to Bielsa coming to Leeds because there are many players who are eager to work with such a coach. Also, Victor Orta, the club's sports director, came to Madrid to explain the project. He thought about it and decided to take a little risk and bear the pressure of the games."

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top facts about Kiko Casilla

, Real Madrid's former goalkeeper.

Kiko Casilla Information

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top facts about  Kiko Casilla

. we want to talk about 

Kiko Casilla religion

 and Personal Info.

Bio

• Full Name

  : Francisco Casilla Cortés

• Profession

  : Professional Football Player

• Nickname

  : Casilla Francisco

• Current Team

  : Leeds United

Bodily Stats

• Height

  : 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)

• Weight

  : 84kg

• Hair Color

  : Brown/Black

• Eye color

  : Brown

• Hairstyle

  : Cropped

• Skin color

  : Olive

• Facial Hair

  : Beard

Soccer Information

• Position

  : Goalkeeper

• Foot:

   Right

• Shirt Number

  : 13

Personal Info

• Relationship status

  : Married

• Current Wife

  : Rosa Isern

• Sexuality

  : Straight

• Tattoo

  : No tattoos

Date of Birth and individual Info

• Date of Birth

  : 2 October 1986

• Birth Place

  : Alcover, Spain

• Age

  : 34

• Religion

  : Unknown

• Nationality

  : Spanish

Kiko Casilla Early Life

In this part, we will look at the 

top facts about Kiko Casilla

, From 

Kiko Casilla childhood 

Until his adolescence.

Kiko Casilla is the man that Spanish club Real Madrid had hired to replace their long-time goalkeeper Iker Casillas. Kiko has worked hard to get where he is now, from his days in the Madrid reserve squad to his quite successful time with Espanyol and the return to his club from childhood. Let’s take a look at Kiko’s journey so far.

Kiko was born Francisco Casilla Cortés on October 2, 1986, in Alcover, Tarragona, Catalonia. He has a senior brother named José Antonio Casilla. Kiko’s brother was born on August 29, 1979, in Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, and is an expert volleyball player. He was a part of the Spanish men’s national team that ended 9th at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,

.

Kiko has loved to play football since he was a baby. As a little boy, he played for the regional club Gimnàstic de Tarragona. By the age of 13, his abilities had enticed Real Madrid, who took him into the younger team.

Kiko Casilla Career Statistics

Next 4 years, from 2000 to 2004, Kiko spent his time in the younger team of Madrid, where he advanced his goalkeeping abilities. After, in 2004, he was encouraged to the Madrid C national team and in 2006 to the Madrid reserve team familiar as

.

After making the transfer to the Madrid reserve team, Kiko glanced ahead to extra playing time, but things didn’t go as he had expected. He had expected to earn extra playing time.

Kiko was disappointed at the just 5 shows as he was permitted to make for the team. looking for extra playing time, he approved to join Espanyol’s reserve team in a free move. But things were not quickly hopeful for Kiko at Espanyol, as he was not automatically rewarded the position.

He had his entry for Espanyol in an away La Liga match over

in January 2008, and the team’s main keeper was Carlos Kameni, who had been on international games, so Iñaki Lafuente began the match, but faced an injury in the second half, Kiko went into the match as a replacement. Espanyol missed the match with a goal.

In that January transfer window, Premier League club Arsenal stated interest in Kiko, but no deal was ever achieved Kiko would keep accepting little or no playing time as the team’s main select came back and Argentinian Cristian Álvarez, the club’s new signing, joined the club.

Kiko, still in 2008, joined Segunda Division B Cadiz on loan. He came back to Espanyol after his initial season with the team but was returned to Cartagena, another Segunda Division B team.

Later he came back from this loan, Kiko effectively struggled for extra playing time. After Cristian Álvarez left the team, things made even better, creating a Kiko Casilla the main goalkeeper. Kiko plaed115 games between 2008-2015. In his latest 2 seasons with Espanyol, he recorded more than 200 saves.

Later Kiko had become Espanyol’s main goaltender in the 2013/2014 season, many teams started to scout him, as well as Real Madrid, who did not pause to call on his services in the team.

Kiko Casilla joined Real Madrid on 17 July 2015 later agreed on a 5-year deal with the team for 6 million euros. Transferring to Madrid, he rapidly achieved the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup.

On 17 January 2019, the 32-year-old Casilla transferred away for the initial time in his profession and contracted a 4-and-a-half-year deal at Leeds United of the English Championship. He had his entry 9 days after, in a 2–1 victory over 

.

Casilla played for Spain at U-21 level one time, performing 29 minutes in a 2–0 friendly loss against France in Benidorm.

On 29 August 2014, he was called to entire side coach Vicente del Bosque's 23-man squad for games over France and Macedonia in September, as the third goalie behind Iker Casillas and David de Gea.

He just had his entry on 18 November, substituting the former for the last 14 minutes of a friendly with Germany in Vigo and being defeated by 

 for the game's single goal.

Kiko Casilla wife and children

Kiko is a married man. He’s wedded to Rosa Isern. Together they have 2 children – a girl Ainara and a boy Julen, born in August 2016. Kiko Casilla has a sibling in His family: José Antonio Casilla.

Kiko frequently shares beautiful photographs of his family on his Instagram page, where he has 1.8 million followers.

Kiko Casilla Body Measurement

As we said before,

Kiko Casilla height

is 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall, which is one of his best strong points as a goalkeeper. He is often seen protruding among the defense to challenge crosses.

Kiko Casilla weighs

about 84 kg.

Kiko Casilla Net worth, Salary and Market Value

Kiko Casilla market value

 is at € 1.50m in the 20/21 season. He is ranked number 19 among all Leeds players. Kiko Casilla's ranked number 455 among all players of the 

 20/21. It is interesting you know through top fact about Kiko Casilla, his ranked number 38 among all players born 1986.

Kiko Casilla stats

Another top Fact about Kiko Casilla is about this season in 20/21. He has made 1 appearance for Leeds this season in Premier League 20/21, not receiving a yellow card and not a red card. He conceded one goal.

He has played in 4% of games from the beginning and shows that he does not have a stable position in the team. He was also present in 4% of possible minutes and didn’t effectively on penalty saves.

These are the statistics related to him in Premier League 20/21. He played 4 games in Premier League 2 20/21 for Leeds and 1 appearance in EFL Cup 20/21 for Leeds. Finally, he played 1 game and conceded 3 goals in FA Cup 20/21.

In total, at the moment of writing, he has played 8 games for Leeds, conceded 9 goals, and 3 clean sheets. He has been able to play in 720 minutes this season, which shows that he is not having a great season.

Some short top facts about Kiko Casilla

Kiko Casilla is active on social media. 

Kiko Casilla Instagram

 account, 

has around 1.8m followers. 148 posts, his first post on August 8, 2015, he shared the photo when he was at Real Madrid, they signed for the fans. He is pictured with

, Lucas Vazquez, and Jesé Rodriguez.

The last photo he posted on Instagram on January 4. (about 8 weeks ago) It's about his daughter turned 10 years old. This shows that he is not very active on Instagram and doesn’t communicate with his audience and fans this way regularly.

The most interesting top fact about 

Kiko Casilla tattoos

 is that there are not many photos of Kiko Casilla without a shirt, but what is clear is that he is not interested in tattoos, unlike many footballers, and this can be seen from his hands. His personality did not allow him to do it.

Kiko Casilla Entertainment

In this section, we will look at the top facts about 

. When he was on the Real Madrid team, because he was seen more, he published more photos about his hobbies. But now he publishes more photos of his family and children.

But it can be said that he likes to go to the sea and relax on the beach, and when he was in the Real Madrid team, they went to the beach with the members of this team. Of course, he is in England now, and his entertainment is there, of which we have no information.

Kiko Casilla Racism

About a year ago, Leicester United's Spanish goalkeeper Kiko Casilla was suspended for eight games and fined € 70,000 after proving his racist insult to Charlton Athletic striker Jonathan Lecco.

Of course, Casilla has denied the allegations, saying he has not insulted the opposing player. Leeds United also stressed that the club fully respects the ethics and discipline of the English Football Association.

"I have denied all these allegations and I have never insulted anyone," said Real Madrid's reserve goalkeeper for several years: "The news devastated me."

Kiko Casilla Quotes

Let's go through 

top facts about Kiko Casilla 

quotes :

Playing for Catalonia is an honor

: About 5 years ago, when he was at Real, he did a weird interview and said that playing for Catalonia is an honor. "The club never prevented me from playing in this game, he told reporters. This claim is completely false." Real training will resume on December 27 and the Catalan team will play on December 28. If our training started on the 29th, I would have no problem accompanying the Catalan team. Whenever I can play for Catalonia, I will welcome it and I have done it before. I am proud of that, too."

Support Keylor Navas

: "He also said in an interview with the Spanish newspaper Marca, while he was at Real Madrid that "Keylor did not deserve to be criticized. Goalkeepers are at the forefront and if we wanted to think about everything that is said and written we could not live"

Worst memory at Real Madrid

: "It was very difficult for me to be eliminated from the FA Cup at home against Leganés."

What he missed

: "First to live in Spain and Madrid, then to every single day I was with the champions because we were like a family. I also miss the pressure I felt in Madrid because it makes you think you are at the highest level."

Best coach(Zidane)

: "First I have to thank Rafa Benitez and Jose Angel Sanchez for bringing me back to Real Madrid. It was with Zidane that we realized we were great. I was a reserve player but he always motivated me with my training and my role in the team. Zidane was the best for me."

Sign Thibaut Courtois

: "I do not know (laughs). These decisions are related to the club and I am not in their place."

Kiko Casilla Advertisements

In addition to earning money from football, players also earn money through advertising. One of the brands that Kiko has advertised for is Nike. Currently, there are two giants of sports brands,

and

, which, according to their policies, select the player they want and sign a contract.

Of course, some players have joined the opponent after the end of the contract, such as Neymar. But in general, the players also advertise safely because the quality of Adidas and Nike brands is unparalleled in the world.

Kiko Casilla Achievements

In this part, we look at the top facts about Kiko Casilla's achievements that he won during his career, both at national and club level.

Real Madrid

• La Liga

  : 2016–17

• Supercopa de España

  : 2017

• UEFA Champions League

  : 2015–16,  2016–17, 2017–18

• UEFA Super Cup

  : 2016, 2017

• FIFA Club World Cup

  : 2016, 2017, 2018

Leeds United

• EFL Championship

  : 2019–20

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