Daylon Claasen | |
Fullname: | Daylon Kayton Claasen[1] |
Birth Date: | 28 January 1990 |
Birth Place: | Klerksdorp, South Africa |
Height: | 1.76 m |
Position: | Right winger, attacking midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Leicester City Klerksdorp |
Youthclubs2: | Vasco Da Gama |
Youthyears3: | 2002–2006 |
Youthclubs3: | Ajax Cape Town |
Years1: | 2006–2008 |
Clubs1: | Ajax Cape Town |
Caps1: | 2 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2008–2010 |
Clubs2: | Ajax |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2010–2013 |
Clubs3: | Lierse |
Caps3: | 69 |
Goals3: | 11 |
Years4: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs4: | Lech Poznań |
Caps4: | 23 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Years5: | 2014–2017 |
Clubs5: | 1860 Munich |
Caps5: | 49 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2017–2019 |
Clubs6: | Bidvest Wits |
Caps6: | 32 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 2019–2022 |
Clubs7: | Maritzburg United |
Caps7: | 89 |
Goals7: | 5 |
Nationalyears1: | 2010–2015 |
Nationalteam1: | South Africa |
Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 10 November 2022 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 10 November 2022 |
Daylon Kayton Claasen (born 28 January 1990) is a South African international soccer player who last played for Maritzburg United, as a winger.[2]
Born in Klerksdorp, Claasen played youth football with Leicester City Klerksdorp and Vasco Da Gama.[3] He has played professionally in South Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax and Lierse.[4]
Claasen was released by Lierse in April 2013,[5] and subsequently went on trial with Premier League club Everton the same month.[6]
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,[7] before his actual identity was revealed two days later.[8]
On 21 August 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań.[9]
In June 2014 he signed a contract with German 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich.[10] 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.[11]
Claasen made his international debut for South Africa in 2010.