Chris Casper
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Martin Casper | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Burnley, Lancashire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1993 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1998 | Manchester United | 2 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 1997 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 1998 | → Reading (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Reading | 39 | (0) |
| Total | 75 | (2) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1993 | England U18 | 8 | (0) |
| 1995 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2003 | Team Bath | ||
| 2005–2008 | Bury | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Christopher Martin "Chris" Casper (born 28 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player who played in the Premier League for Manchester United and in the Football League for Bournemouth, Swindon Town and Reading. An injury forced him to retire from playing in 2000 at the age of 24.
Casper then went into management and took charge of Team Bath in 2002 before moving to Football League Two club Bury for three years. At the time, he was the youngest manager in the top four tiers of the English football league system. However, a run of poor form in 2008 led to his departure from Bury. Casper then took backroom jobs at Bradford City and Grimsby Town, before joining the FA Premier League as a club support manager.
Casper was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and attended the town's St Theodore's RC High School. He is the son of former Burnley forward Frank Casper.
Casper joined Manchester United as a trainee in 1991 and played in their FA Youth Cup winning team a year later. When still only 17, he signed professional terms in January 1993, making his United debut in the League Cup game against Port Vale at Old Trafford on 5 October 1994. Casper was a product of the same United youth setup that sparked the highly successful careers of players such as David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt, who all spent a decade or more with the club, helping them win numerous trophies and also being regular members of the England national football team.
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