Leo Fasan

Leo Fasan
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Fasan
Date of birth (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994
Place of birth San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Falkirk
Number 1
Youth career
2007–2010 Udinese Calcio
2010–2014 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Celtic 0 (0)
2017 → Port Vale (loan) 10 (0)
2017–2018 Bury 15 (0)
2018 Kilmarnock 3 (0)
2018– Falkirk 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:15, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Leonardo Fasan (born 4 January 1994) is an Italian professional footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Championship club Falkirk.

He moved from Udinese Calcio to join Scottish club Celtic in 2010, where he turned professional in August 2014. Playing for the reserve and youth teams at Celtic he won the Glasgow Cup, Scottish Youth Cup, SPFL U20 League, and SPFL Development League. However he never played a first team game for Celtic, and was released following a loan spell at English club Port Vale at the end of the 2016–17 season. He signed with Bury in August 2017, then with Kilmarnock in February 2018. He signed for Falkirk in June 2018.

Club career

Celtic

Fasan was associated with Udinese Calcio, before he joined Scottish Premiership club Celtic in 2010, initially on a trial basis.[1][2] He kept a clean sheet in the 2011 final of the Glasgow Cup as Celtic's under-17s beat Old Firm rivals Rangers 1–0.[3] He was an unused substitute in the 2012 Scottish Youth Cup Final, as Celtic recorded an 8–0 victory over Queen of the South at Hampden Park.[4] He played in goal for the 2012–13 Scottish Youth Cup final, as Celtic beat Dunfermline Athletic 3–1.[5] He turned professional at the club in August 2014 when he signed a three-year contract after impressing manager Ronny Deila during pre-season.[6][7] However, he failed to establish himself as the club's second choice goalkeeper ahead of Łukasz Załuska, Logan Bailly, or Dorus de Vries.[8]

On 31 January 2017, he joined EFL League One side Port Vale on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.[9] He was signed by manager Michael Brown following the sale of Jak Alnwick to Rangers, leaving Fasan to compete with fellow youngsters Ryan Boot and Harry Pickering for a first team place.[10][11] He made his senior debut in 3–0 defeat to Peterborough United at Vale Park on 4 February, and was named as the home team's man-of-the-match after he saved a penalty in the first-half.[12] He also saved a penalty in his third game for the club, during a 2–0 defeat to Millwall at The Den on 11 February; Brown said that "they were fantastic penalty saves but his game has to improve".[13] He lost his first team place to new signing Deniz Mehmet in mid-March, but returned to the starting eleven for the final two games of the season.[14][15]

Bury

On 10 August 2017, Fasan signed for League One club Bury on non-contract terms.[16] Manager Lee Clark signed him to provide cover for Joe Murphy whilst the "Shakers" boss attempted to sign Freddie Woodman.[17] However Woodman did not arrive and Fasan managed to maintain a first-team place under first Clark and then Chris Lucketti, making 21 appearances before departing Gigg Lane in January.[18]

Kilmarnock

Fasan signed a short-term contract with Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock on 1 February 2018, becoming manager Steve Clarke's second goalkeeper signing inside 24 hours following the arrival of Jasko Keranovic.[19] He featured in four games for "Killie" in the latter half of the 2017–18 campaign. Fasan was released by Kilmarnock in May 2018, at the end of his contract.[20]

Falkirk

On 11 June 2018, Fasan signed a one-year contract with Scottish Championship side Falkirk; manager Paul Hartley said that "I am sure he will continue to progress and develop with regular game time in the coming year, we now have three very good goalkeepers on our books [Fasan, David Mitchell and Robbie Mutch]".[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 July 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League National Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2014–15[22] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2015–16[23] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2016–17[24] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Port Vale (loan) 2016–17[24] League One 100000000100
Bury 2017–18[25] League One 15020004[lower-alpha 1]0210
Kilmarnock 2017–18[25] Scottish Premiership 3010000040
Falkirk 2018–19[26] Scottish Championship 0000100010
Career total 280301040360
  1. ↑ Appearances in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Celtic Under-20s and Academy

References

  1. ↑ Gatto, Riccardo (23 May 2014). "Fasan, un portiere italiano per il Celtic: "Buffon il mio idolo, ora sogno la Champions"". gianlucadimarzio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Henderson, Mark (27 August 2014). "Fasan's delight at penning new deal". CelticFC.net. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Celtic Under-17s lift the Glasgow Cup". Celtic FC. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Fasan eager for Hampden return". Celticnewsnow. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. 1 2 Temple, Alan (2 May 2013). "Dunfermline U20 1 - 3 Celtic U20: Kennedy's side champs". The Scotsman. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Henderson, Mark (27 August 2014). "Fasan's delight at penning new deal". CelticFC.net. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Henderson, Martin (8 July 2014). "Fasan eyeing further game time". CelticFC.net. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  8. ↑ McHugh, Joe (1 February 2017). "Celtic keeper goes out on loan | videocelts.com". videocelts.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Port Vale: Blackpool's Danny Pugh and Celtic's Leonardo Fasan move to Vale Park". BBC Sport. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  10. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (31 January 2017). "Port Vale sign Celtic keeper Leonardo Fasan". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Welcome To Vale Park - Leonardo Fasan". port-vale.co.uk. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Port Vale v Peterborough United". BBC Sport. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  13. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (16 February 2017). "Port Vale boss Brown reflects on Celtic keeper's flying start". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  14. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (17 March 2017). "Port Vale 2, Shrewsbury 1: Brown's battlers claim crucial win". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  15. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (28 April 2017). "Port Vale quietly determined to finish the job at Fleetwood". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  16. ↑ "Leonardo Fasan: Bury sign former Celtic goalkeeper on non-contract terms". BBC Sport. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Clark relishing a massive cup tie". Bury Times. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  18. ↑ Scott, Aidan (1 February 2018). "Former Celtic keeper makes surprising move to Kilmarnock". The Scottish Sun. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  19. ↑ "Leo Fasan: Kilmarnock sign ex-Celtic goalkeeper until end of season". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  20. ↑ "Player updates: Departures after 2017/18 season". Kilmarnock FC. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  21. ↑ Oliver, David (11 June 2018). "Falkirk land Italian goalkeeper". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Leo Fasan in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Leo Fasan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  24. 1 2 "Games played by Leo Fasan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Leo Fasan in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Leo Fasan in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  27. 1 2 Leo Fasan at Soccerway
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