Yancarlo Victorio Casas Acosta (born 15 July 1981) is a

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who plays as a

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. He currently plays for

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in the Torneo Descentralizado.

Club career

Casas was formed as footballer in the youth academy of

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. He made his debut in the

2003 Torneo Descentralizado The 2003 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-seventh season of top-flight Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Sporting Cristal as the defending champ ...

season. Then later that season he had a short spell with Ica based club

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. The following season Casas returned to the capital and played the 2004 season in the Peruvian Second Division with

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. Then in 2005 Yancarlo returned the First Division by joining Arequipa giants

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. Casas scored his first goal in the Descentralizado on 12 November 2005 at home in the

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against

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in the 2005 Clausura, which resulted in 1–0 win for his side. In 2007, he joined

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based club Coronel Bolognesi FC. Under the command of manager

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, Yancarlo made his debut for Bolognesi FC in Round 5 of the 2007 Apertura in the 3–0 away loss to Total Clean FBC. He made 21 appearances and managed to score two goals in the league that season. The following season he made 24 league appearances in the

2008 Torneo Descentralizado The 2008 Torneo Descentralizado (known as the Copa Cable Mágico for sponsorship reasons) was the ninety-second season of Peruvian football. A total of 14 teams competed in the tournament, with Universidad San Martín defending their national tit ...

, which was his last season with ''Bolo''. In January 2009, Casas joined Peruvian giants Sporting Cristal for the start of the 2009 season. He made 30 league appearances in his first season with his side finishing 10th in the Aggregate table that season. In the following 2010 season Casas played 39 matches and scored one goal, but still Sporting Cristal finished in mid-table 7th place. In his last season Yancarlo fell out of favor with the manager at the time Juan Reynoso and only managed to play in 13 league matches and 3 domestic cup matches in the 2011 season. On 15 January 2012 Casas joined Cusco giants

for the 2012 season.

Honours

Club

; Coronel Bolognesi FC * Torneo Clausura: 2007

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Casas, Yancarlo 1981 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian men's footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Estudiantes de Medicina footballers Deportivo Municipal footballers FBC Melgar footballers Coronel Bolognesi footballers Sporting Cristal footballers Cienciano footballers Peruvian Primera División players Peruvian Segunda División players Men's association football midfielders