Tino Casali (born 14 November 1995) is an Austrian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for German club

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

. He has represented Austria at

youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. You ...

level.

Club career

Early years

Casali began his footballing career with SV Spittal/Drau. In 2009, he joined the regional team of AKA Carinthia, where he progressed through all youth teams. In April 2013, he made his senior debut for Spittal/Drau in the

Landesliga The Landesliga ( en, Football State League) is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system. In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore ...

. This remained his only appearance for Spittal in the fourth highest league.

Austria Wien

On 5 March 2013, Casali joined the youth academy of

Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria (German: Österreich) in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the mos ...

, signing a two-year deal. In October 2013 he played his first and only game for the U19 team in the UEFA Youth League against

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

. In February 2014, he was part of the first-team squad for the league match against Rapid Wien, without having previously played for the reserves. In March 2014, he finally made his debut for Austria Wien II against the reserves of SV Mattersburg in the Austrian Regionalliga, conceding five goals in a 5–0 loss. By the end of the season, he had made 11 appearances in the Regionalliga. Ahead of the 2014–15 season, he was definitively promoted to the first team. In that season he also made 11 appearances for the reserves. On 6 July 2015, Casali joined

Floridsdorfer AC The Floridsdorfer Athletics Sports Club or simply Floridsdorfer AC is a professional football club based in Floridsdorf, the 21st district of Vienna. The club was founded in August 1904. Floridsdorfer AC won the Austrian football championship in ...

on a season-long loan as part of a cooperation agreement with Austria Wien. He made his

Austrian Football First League The Austrian Football Second League (german: 2. Liga) is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football. It was formerly called the First League (''Erste Liga''), from 2002 to 2018. The division currently contains 16 teams, and t ...

debut for the club on 24 July 2015 in a game against

LASK Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional Football team, football club, from the Upper Austria, Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and pl ...

. After eight second division games for Floridsdorf, he returned to Austria Wien prematurely in October 2015 after regular goalkeeper

Robert Almer Robert Almer (born 20 March 1984) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career After starting in the Austrian amateur leagues with SC Untersiebenbrunn and DSV Leoben, Almer was signed by FK Austria Wien ...

was injured. However, he did not play for the team and only made another appearance for the reserves in the Regionalliga. In the 2016–17 season, he only made six Regionalliga appearances.

SV Mattersburg

On 22 July 2017, Casali signed a two-year contract with SV Mattersburg after having failed at making his breakthrough with Austria Wien. In the 2017–18 season, he did not make an appearance for the club from Burgenland and only played one game for the reserves in the Landesliga Burgenland, with whom he was promoted to the Regionalliga at the end of the season. In April 2019, he finally made his debut in the

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

when he was in the starting lineup on matchday 25 of the 2018–19 season against Rapid Wien. In his second season at the club, Casali made five total Bundesliga appearances. In the 2019–20 season, he played four games in the top division, and he also made another appearance for the reserves in the Regionalliga.

Rheindorf Altach

On 10 July 2020, Casali joined Rheindorf Altach. He made his debut for the club on 16 September in a 3–1 victory against Union Gurten in the

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...

. His league debut followed three days later in a game against Red Bull Salzburg. Mainly a backup to club legend Martin Kobras in his first season with the club, Casali became the starter for the first time in his career ahead of the 2021–22 season.

Eintracht Braunschweig

On 22 June 2023, Casali joined

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

club

on a two-year contract.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Casali, Tino 1995 births Sportspeople from Villach Footballers from Carinthia Living people Austrian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Austria men's youth international footballers FK Austria Wien players Floridsdorfer AC players SV Mattersburg players SC Rheindorf Altach players Eintracht Braunschweig players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Austrian people of Italian descent Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany