Personal Information
Full Name | Milton Óscar Casco |
Date of Birth | April 11, 1988 |
Nationality | Argentine |
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) |
Role | Left-back |
Past Team(s) |
Milton Casco: A Brief Biography
Milton Óscar "Pendejito" Casco is an Argentinean footballer who plays as a left back, currently for the club River Plate. He was born on 11th of April, 1989 in María Grande in Argentina.
Debut
He made his International debut in 2015, playing for the last 29 minutes against Bolivia replacing Facundo Roncaglia. That match ended in Argentina winning 5-0.
His club debut came in the year 2009 with Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata in the Argentina Primera Division league.
Rise to glory
Gabriel Mercado, Federico Fazio along with Milton Casco have been the structure of defense. With the change in the positions by the coach, Casco started playing as a midfielder which proved to be quite effective as he perfectly fit in that position and successfully passed 54 times in a game against Tigre in 2016.
Club career
He represented Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata from 2009 to 2012 in the Argentine Primera Division league. He later shifted to Newell's Old Boys till 2015 and then started playing for River Plate from 2015 season of the Argentine Primera Division league.
Records
He scored 6 goals in his 190 appearances in the Argentine Primera Division league although being a defender most of the time.