Lee Casciaro

Lee Henry Casciaro (born 29 September 1981) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays as a forward for Lincoln Red Imps and the Gibraltar national team.

With 57 club titles with Lincoln Red Imps, he has the record for most titles with one club, most club-titles and most titles in association football.

He had played for the official team since 2007, scoring 9 goals in 7 appearances, but these appearances were considered unofficial upon Gibraltar's entry to UEFA in 2013.

On 7 September 2014, Casciaro made his international debut for Gibraltar in a UEFA Euro 2016 Group D qualifying match against Poland with Gibraltar losing 7–0 at the Estádio Algarve.

On 7 July 2015, Casciaro scored the winning goal as Lincoln Red Imps came from behind to win 2–1 away to FC Santa Coloma in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round, advancing on aggregate by the same score to become the first Gibraltarian team to advance into the second qualifying round.

On 29 March 2015, he scored Gibraltar's first ever goal in a full international competitive match; netting an equaliser against Scotland in a 6–1 European qualification loss at Hampden Park, Glasgow.

On 12 July 2016, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 Red Imps victory over Celtic in the first leg of the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.

On 12 July 2022 he became the oldest player to score in any round of the Champions League or European Cup.

His record-breaking goal came against KF Shkupi in the first qualifying round.

From 2019 to 2022, he was also Gibraltar's all-time leading scorer since joining UEFA, with three goals.

For his services to sport in Gibraltar, he was awarded the Gibraltar Medallion of Distinction in August 2019.

He captained Gibraltar for the first time against Liechtenstein on 10 October 2020, aged 39.

On 24 March 2023, a 41-year-old Casciaro became the oldest ever player to appear at a UEFA European Championship qualifying match in a 3–0 defeat to Greece, although the record had initially been misattributed to Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimović, who played the same day yet is 4 days younger than Casciaro, but a 43-year-old Ildefons Lima of Andorra broke his record on 16 June 2023.

Casciaro is a policeman for the Gibraltar Defence Police.

His brothers Kyle and Ryan have also played with Gibraltar's national side.

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