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Milton Casco
	Casco with River Plate in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Milton Óscar Casco
Date of birth	11 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	María Grande, Entre Ríos, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	River Plate
Number	20
Youth career
	Atlético María Grande
	Gimnasia LP
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2012	Gimnasia LP
2012–2015	Newell's Old Boys
2015–	River Plate
International career‡
2015–	Argentina
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Argentina
Copa América
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:02, 2 May 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2019

Milton Óscar Casco (born 11 April 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as left-back for River Plate.

Club career

Born in María Grande, Entre Ríos Province, Casco began his professional career with Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata of the Argentine Primera División in 2009. In July 2012 he signed for Newell's Old Boys under manager Gerardo Martino, who bought 50% of his economic rights.^[3]

In August 2015, Casco was close to a €2.5 million move to French club Olympique de Marseille. The transfer fell through when compatriot Marcelo Bielsa unexpectedly resigned as the Ligue 1 team's manager.^[4]

On 9 September 2015, Casco signed a three-year contract with CA River Plate, with the Buenos Aires–based club purchasing 85% of his economic rights for $3 million.^[5] He made his debut four days later in the Superclásico against arch-rivals Boca Juniors, a 1–0 home loss.^[6] On 18 July 2017 he signed an extension until June 2020.^[7] On 12 February 2021 he signed an extension until December 2023.^[8] On 13 September 2022, he extended his contract until December 2025^[9]

International career

On 27 May, uncapped Casco was selected by coach Gerardo Martino for the 2015 Copa América in Chile.^[10] He made his debut in a preparation friendly on 7 June at the Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, filling in for Facundo Roncaglia for the final 29 minutes of a 5–0 win over Bolivia;^[11] however, he did not feature in the tournament, in which his country lost to the hosts in the final.

Absent from the national team since the 2015 tournament, Casco was a surprise inclusion for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil, with Lionel Scaloni picking him ahead of Gabriel Mercado.^[12] He played one game of a third-place finish, the 1–1 group draw with Paraguay at the Mineirão.^[13]

Club statistics

Club

As of match played 22 June 2023^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental^[a]		Other^[b]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gimnasia La Plata	2008–09	Argentine Primera División	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2009–10		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
	2010–11		26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
	2011–12	Primera B	31	0	0	0	—		0	0	31	0
	Total		73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	73	0
Newell's	2012–13	Argentine Primera División	21	2	1	0	10	2	0	0	32	3
	2013–14		33	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	35	3
	2014		11	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	18	1
	2015		17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
	Total		82	5	3	0	18	3	0	0	103	7
River Plate	2015	Argentine Primera División	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	11	0
	2016		9	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	15	1
	2016–17		20	0	4	0	3	0	3	0	30	0
	2017–18		12	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	21	1
	2018–19		13	0	5	0	8	0	5	0	31	0
	2019–20		19	1	4	0	7	1	0	0	30	2
	2020–21		7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	7	0
	2021		26	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	35	0
	2022		30	0	3	1	8	0	0	0	41	1
	2023		18	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	22	0
	Total		159	3	19	1	64	1	8	0	243	5
Career total			314	8	22	1	82	4	8	0	419	12

^ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.
^ Includes the FIFA Club World Cup, Recopa Sudamericana, Copa de la Superliga and Supercopa Argentina.

Honours

Newell's Old Boys

Argentine Primera División: 2013 Final

River Plate

Recopa Sudamericana: 2016, 2019
Copa Argentina: 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2019
Supercopa Argentina: 2017, 2019
Copa Libertadores: 2018
Argentine Primera División: 2021, 2023
Trofeo de Campeones:2021, 2023

Argentina

Copa América: runner-up 2015,^[15] third place 2019^[16]

References

^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players: River Plate" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2015. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015.
^ "Milton Casco" (in Spanish). Club Atlético River Plate. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ "Milton Casco, la nueva incorporación de Newell's" [Milton Casco, new signing for Newell's]. Popular (in Spanish). 7 July 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^ "Marseille retreats from Milton Casco deal after Bielsa's departure". EFE. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^ "Milton Casco es nuevo jugador de River y podría jugar ante Boca" [Milton Casco is new River player and could play against Boca] (in Spanish). ESPN. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^ Maverino, Silvio (12 September 2015). "Casco debuta ante Boca: ¿Cuántas veces pasó?" [Casco debuts against Boca: How many times has this happened?]. Fox Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^ "Casco y Rodríguez renovaron su contrato con River". caRiverPlate.com.ar (in Spanish). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ Berardo, Nico (12 February 2021). "Casco firmó su renovación con River". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Milton Casco renovó su contrato con River". caRiverPlate.com.ar (in Spanish). 13 September 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Gerardo Martino confirmó la lista de 23 convocados y mantuvo a Casco para la Copa América" [Gerardo Martino confirmed the list of 23 squad members and maintained Casco for the Copa América]. La Nación. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
^ Pisani, Sacha (7 June 2015). "Argentina 5-0 Bolivia: Aguero bags hat-trick". Goal.com. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
^ Garcia, Adriana (21 May 2019). "Messi leads Argentina's Copa America squad list". ESPN FC. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^ "Argentina draws with Paraguay 1-1 in Copa America". USA Today. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^ Milton Casco at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ Hill, Tim (5 July 2015). "Chile win Copa América after beating Argentina on penalties – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^ "Copa América: Messi sent off as Argentina takes 3rd place". Fox Sports. AP. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.