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My Take
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.
Overview
Anthony Guy Cascarino (born 1 September 1962) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for various British and French clubs and internationally for the Republic of Ireland national team, with whom he competed in UEFA Euro 1988 and two World Cups in 1990 and 1994.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 190 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / poker player / podcaster
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Poker player — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.