Tony Cascarino

Tony Cascarino

Cascarino in 1986
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Guy Cascarino
Date of birth	(1962-09-01) 1 September 1962 (age 54)
Place of birth	St Paul's Cray, Kent, England
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1981	Crockenhill
1981–1987	Gillingham	219	(78)
1987–1990	Millwall	105	(42)
1990–1991	Aston Villa	46	(11)
1991–1992	Celtic	24	(4)
1992–1994	Chelsea	40	(8)
1994–1997	Marseille	84	(61)
1997–2000	Nancy	109	(44)
2000	Red Star 93	2	(0)
Total		629	(248)
National team
1985–1999	Republic of Ireland	88	(19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Anthony Guy "Tony" Cascarino (born 1 September 1962 in St Paul's Cray, Orpington, Kent, England) is a former footballer who played as a forward for various British and French clubs and internationally for the Republic of Ireland national team, with whom he competed in UEFA Euro 1988 and two World Cups in 1990 and 1994.

Since retirement, he has presented on TalkSPORT radio and written for both The Times and Ireland's Hot Press magazine. He has worked for both Sky Sports in England and TV3 and Today FM in Ireland. He was a winning participant in the fourth season of the Celebrity Bainisteoir reality television series.

Cascarino joined Gillingham in 1982 from Crockenhill, and according to Cascarino Gillingham donated tracksuits and training equipment to Crockenhill in lieu of a transfer fee. He went on to play for Millwall - the club he supported as a boy. Millwall had missed an opportunity to sign Cascarino as a youngster and subsequently paid The Gills £225,000 to secure his services. He went on to play for Aston Villa - where he was the club's record signing at £1.1 million in early 1990, Celtic and Chelsea, playing in the 1994 FA Cup Final for the latter but finishing on the losing side.