Filip Kasalica

Filip Kasalica
Personal information
Full name	Filip Kasalica
Date of birth	17 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Titovo Užice, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	OFK Beograd; (on loan from Grafičar Beograd)
Number	17
Youth career
	Sloboda Užice
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2008	OFK Beograd
2006	→ Jedinstvo Paraćin (loan)
2007	→ Mačva Šabac (loan)
2007	→ Srem (loan)
2008	→ Hajduk Kula (loan)
2008–2011	Hajduk Kula
2011–2012	Sloboda Užice
2012–2014	Red Star Belgrade
2014–2015	Ulsan Hyundai
2015	NK Istra 1961
2016	Ordabasy
2017	Napredak Kruševac
2018	Platanias
2018–2020	Rad
2020–2022	Radnički Niš
2022–	Grafičar Beograd
2023–	→ OFK Beograd (loan)
International career‡
2008–2010	Montenegro U21
2012–2014	Montenegro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 December 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 August 2020

Filip Kasalica (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Касалица; born 17 December 1988) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays for Serbian club OFK Beograd on loan from Grafičar Beograd. Although he most frequently plays as striker, he can be deployed in any position in the attack.

Early life[edit]

Being the son of a former footballer, Kasalica was born in Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. His father, Davor Kasalica, had played for the local team, FK Sloboda Užice.^[1]^[2]

Club career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Filip started playing in OFK Beograd in 2004. After minor spells with Jedinstvo Paraćin, Mačva Šabac and Srem, 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 Serbian SuperLiga. He also made an appearance in the Serbian Cup in which se scored a goal. Due to these performances, the two biggest Serbian clubs, FK Partizan and Red Star Belgrade showed interest to sign Kasalica.

Red Star Belgrade[edit]

In December 2011, Kasalica joined Red Star Belgrade 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 Smederevo. 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Ulsan Hyundai[edit]

On 9 July 2014, Kasalica joined Ulsan Hyundai from Red Star Belgrade.

Ordabasy[edit]

In January 2016, Kasalica moved to the Kazakhstan Premier League with FC Ordabasy.^[5]

International career[edit]

Despite being born in Serbia, Kasalica accepted an invitation from coach Branko Brnović to represent the Montenegrin U-21 national team.^[6] He made his debut for the national team on 15 August 2012, during which he scored a goal against Latvia in the 76th minute.^[7] He has earned a total of 11 caps, scoring 1 goal.^[8] His final international was a March 2014 friendly match against Ghana.^[9]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 17 March 2013

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Serbia			League		Serbian Cup		Europe		Total
2007–08	Hajduk Kula	SuperLiga	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2008–09			31	3	0	0	0	0	31	3
2009–10			11	2	0	0	0	0	11	2
2010–11			24	2	0	0	0	0	24	2
2011–12	Sloboda Užice		14	7	1	1	0	0	15	8
2011–12	Red Star		13	2	3	1	0	0	16	3
2012–13	Red Star		17	4	3	0	5	3	25	7
			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Total	Serbia		116	20	7	2	5	3	128	25
Career total			116	20	7	2	5	3	128	25

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 August 2012	Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica	Latvia	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours[edit]

Red Star

References[edit]

^ Hari i Užice – ljubav na prvi pogled at fksloboda.org, 23 February 2012 (in Serbian)
^ FK Sloboda Užice 1988/89 season at fksloboda.org (in Serbian)
^ Kasalica brži i od Bore Kostića! Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine at mozzartsport.com, 14 March 2012 (in Serbian)
^ [1] Reuters: Signings give Red Star 2–0 derby win over Partizan. 21 March 2013
^ Ордабасы подписал Касалицу. www.sports.kz (in Russian). sports.kz. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ Filip Kasalica^{[permanent dead link]} at FSCG.co.me
^ Vijesti – Sport – Sokoli bez problema protiv Letonije (Serbian) Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ "Montenegro - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

External links[edit]

Filip Kasalica at National-Football-Teams.com
Filip Kasalica Stats at Utakmica.rs
Filip Kasalica – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)

[1] Hari i Užice – ljubav na prvi pogled at fksloboda.org, 23 February 2012 (in Serbian)

[2] FK Sloboda Užice 1988/89 season at fksloboda.org (in Serbian)

[3] Kasalica brži i od Bore Kostića! Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine at mozzartsport.com, 14 March 2012 (in Serbian)

[4] [1] Reuters: Signings give Red Star 2–0 derby win over Partizan. 21 March 2013

[5] Ордабасы подписал Касалицу. www.sports.kz (in Russian). sports.kz. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[6] Filip Kasalica^{[permanent dead link]} at FSCG.co.me

[7] Vijesti – Sport – Sokoli bez problema protiv Letonije (Serbian) Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 August 2012.

[8] "Montenegro - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

[9] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

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