Christopher Martin Casper was born on 28 April 1975 and is an English football manager and former player who is the academy manager at EFL Championship side Burnley.
12 Facts About Chris Casper
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Chris Casper then took backroom jobs at Bradford City and Grimsby Town, before joining the Premier League as a club support manager.
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Chris Casper was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and attended the town's St Theodore's RC High School.
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Chris Casper is the son of former Burnley forward and manager Frank Casper.
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Chris Casper joined Manchester United as a trainee in 1991 and played in their FA Youth Cup winning team a year later.
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Chris Casper was a product of the same United youth setup that sparked the highly successful careers of players such as David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt, who all spent a decade or more with the club, helping them win numerous trophies and being regular members of the England national football team.
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Chris Casper served as captain of the England youth team, and was a member of the UEFA European Under-18 Championship winning side in 1993.
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Chris Casper appeared for the England under-21 side in the Toulon Tournament against Malaysia in June 1995.
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Chris Casper was playing for Reading against Cardiff City in a Division Two fixture on Boxing Day 1999 when he suffered a double leg fracture.
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On 1 December 2009, Chris Casper was appointed assistant manager to Neil Woods at Grimsby Town, replacing Brian Stein.
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Town suffered relegation from the Football League and Chris Casper stepped down as assistant manager at the end of the season.
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On 30 June 2010, Chris Casper joined the Premier League as a club support manager working within the academy system.