Lee Henry Casciaro (born 29 September 1981) is a Gibraltarian

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who plays as a

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for Lincoln Red Imps and the Gibraltar national team. With three international goals, he is Gibraltar's all-time leading scorer since joining UEFA, followed by

Roy Chipolina Roy Alan Chipolina (born 20 January 1983) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays as a defender for Gibraltar Premier Division side Lincoln Red Imps and the Gibraltar national team, for which he serves as captain. Club career Chipolina has pla ...

Joseph Chipolina Joseph Louis Chipolina (born 14 December 1987) is a Gibraltar international footballer who plays for Glacis United of the Gibraltar Football League, on loan from Lincoln Red Imps as a left back or left winger. He is his nation's third most- ...

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and

Liam Walker Liam Walker (born 13 April 1988) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lincoln Red Imps and the Gibraltar national team. He spent most of his career with lower-league Spanish clubs and in the Gibraltar Premier Division. ...

. He is the brother of Ryan Casciaro and

Kyle Casciaro Kyle Casciaro (born 2 December 1987) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays for Bruno's Magpies, and the Gibraltar national team, where he plays as a winger or forward. Club career Casciaro came through the ranks of Lincoln Red Imps with bro ...

who have also played for the Gibraltar national team.

Club career

On 7 July 2015, Casciaro scored the winning goal as Lincoln Red Imps came from behind to win 2–1 away to

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in the

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first qualifying round, advancing on aggregate by the same score to become the first Gibraltarian team to advance into the second qualifying round. On 12 July 2016, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 Red Imps victory over

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in the first leg of the 2nd qualifying round of the

. On 12 July 2022 he became the oldest player to score in any round of the Champions League or European Cup. His record-breaking goal came against

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in the first qualifying round.

International career

On 7 September 2014, Casciaro made his international debut for

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in a UEFA Euro 2016 Group D qualifying match against

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with Gibraltar losing 7–0 at the

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. He had played for the official team since 2007, scoring 9 goals in 7 appearances, but these appearances were considered unofficial upon Gibraltar's entry to

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in 2013. On 29 March 2015, he scored Gibraltar's first ever goal in a full international competitive match; netting an equaliser against

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in a 6–1 European qualification loss at

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, Glasgow. For his services to sport in Gibraltar, he was awarded the Gibraltar Medallion of Distinction in August 2019. He captained Gibraltar for the first time against

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on 10 October 2020, aged 39.

Personal life

Casciaro is a policeman for the

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. His brothers

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and Ryan have also played with Gibraltar's national side.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Gibraltar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Casciaro goal.''

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