Tony Cascarino

Tony Cascarino fascinates me less for the towering target-man years than for everything he did afterward. A striker who grafted across English and French clubs and played for the Republic of Ireland at Euro 1988 and two World Cups, he then reinvented himself as a poker player and podcaster. There is a neat logic to it: goalscoring demands nerve and a gambler's instinct, so the card table suits him, and the broadcasting trades on the same competitive sharpness he carried on the pitch. I genuinely admire athletes who build a real second act instead of fading out, and Cascarino has done exactly that.

Name (English)

Tony Cascarino

Name (Japanese)

トニー・カスカリーノ

Reading

とにー・かすかりーの

Born

September 1, 1962 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

Origin

St Paul's Cray, United Kingdom

Height

190 cm

Occupation

association football player / poker player / podcaster

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E

Tags

• association football player
• poker player
• podcaster

Last updated

2026-06-02

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