Daylon Claasen

Daylon Claasen

Claasen with Ajax in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-01-28) 28 January 1990 (age 27)
Place of birth	Klerksdorp, South Africa
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	1860 Munich
Number	7
Youth career
	Leicester City Klerksdorp
	Vasco Da Gama
2002–2006	Ajax Cape Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Ajax Cape Town	2	(0)
2008–2010	Ajax	0	(0)
2010–2013	Lierse	69	(11)
2013–2014	Lech Poznań	23	(3)
2014–	1860 Munich	46	(1)
National team‡
2010–	South Africa	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:25, 18 December 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:58, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Daylon Claasen (born 28 January 1990) is a South African international footballer who plays professionally for German club 1860 Munich, as a midfielder.

Born in Klerksdorp, Claasen played youth football with Leicester City Klerksdorp and Vasco Da Gama. He has played professionally in South Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax and Lierse.

Claasen was released by Lierse in April 2013, and subsequently went on trial with Premier League club Everton the same month.

Claasen then went on trial with newly promoted Premier League club Hull City in July 2013, initially under the pseudonym of "James Armstrong" for a match against Winterton Rangers, where he scored one goal, before his actual identity was revealed two days later.

On 21 August 2013 he signed a one-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań.

In June 2014 he signed a contract with German 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich. He scored his first goal for 1860 Munich on 8 August 2015 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal against Hoffenheim, when he brought his team to a 1-0 lead in the 51st minute.

Claasen made his international debut for South Africa in 2010.