Filip Kasalica ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Касалица; born 17 December 1988) is a Montenegrin retired professional

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who played as a striker.

Early life

Being the son of a former footballer, Kasalica was born in Titovo Užice,

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. His father, Davor Kasalica, had played for the local team, FK Sloboda Užice.

Club career

Early career

Filip started playing in

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

in 2004. After minor spells with Jedinstvo Paraćin, Mačva Šabac and

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, he returned to the top flight by joining Hajduk Kula in 2008. In the first half of the 2011/12 season, Kasalica represented FK Sloboda Užice scoring a total of 7 goals in 14 appearances with 2 assists in the

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. He also made an appearance in the

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in which se scored a goal. Due to these performances, the two biggest

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n clubs,

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

and

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

showed interest to sign Kasalica.

Red Star Belgrade

In December 2011, Kasalica joined

from Sloboda for a transfer fee of approximately €220,000. Filip made his debut for Red Star on 14 March 2012 in a match against

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. He came in as a substitute in the 75th minute of the game. After only one minute and thirteen seconds, he managed to score his first goal for the club. This made him the player that scored the fastest goals in his debut in the history of Red Star, beating the 50-year-old previous record of three minutes and 42 seconds held by Bora Kostić. Only a week later on 21 March 2012, he scored a goal against Red Star's arch-rivals Partizan in the Eternal derby after coming on from the bench in the second half.

Ulsan Hyundai

On 9 July 2014, Kasalica joined

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from

Ordabasy

In January 2016, Kasalica moved to the

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with

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International career

Despite being born in

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, Kasalica accepted an invitation from coach Branko Brnović to represent the Montenegrin U-21 national team. He made his debut for the

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on 15 August 2012, during which he scored a goal against

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in the 76th minute. He has earned a total of 11 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a March 2014

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against

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Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.''

Honours

Red Star Belgrade *

: 2013–14 *

: 2011–12

References

External links

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Filip Kasalica Stats
at Utakmica.rs * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasalica, Filip 1988 births Living people Footballers from Užice Serbian people of Montenegrin descent Men's association football forwards Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers Montenegro men's international footballers OFK Beograd players FK Jedinstvo Paraćin players FK Mačva Šabac players FK Srem players FK Hajduk Kula players GFK Sloboda Užice players Red Star Belgrade footballers Ulsan HD FC players NK Istra 1961 players FC Ordabasy players FK Napredak Kruševac players Platanias F.C. players FK Rad players FK Radnički Niš players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players K League 1 players Croatian Football League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Super League Greece players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Greece