South African soccer player
Daylon Kayton Claasen (born 28 January 1990) is a South African international soccer player who plays for Cape Town Spurs, as a winger.
Club career
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][5][6][7]
Claasen was released by Lierse in April 2013,[8] and subsequently went on trial with Premier League club Everton the same month.[9]
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,[10] before his actual identity was revealed two days later.[11]
On 21 August 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań.[12]
In June 2014 he signed a contract with German 2. Bundesliga club 1860 Munich.[13] 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.[14]
In the summer of 2024 he signed for newly relegated second-tier club Cape Town Spurs.[15]
International career
Claasen made his international debut for South Africa in 2010.[5]
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