Víctor Manuel Casadesús Castaño (born 28 February 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He spent the better part of his 20-year senior career with Mallorca, making 237 competitive appearances and scoring 46 goals.Abdón será el lunes en Sevilla un top 10 del Mallorca (Abdón will reach Mallorca top 10 Monday in Seville); Okdiario, 18 April 2024 (in Spanish) He finished it in Andorra.
Casadesús won the 2004 European Under-19 Championship with Spain.
Club career Casadesús was born in Algaida, Mallorca.El Mallorca convence con un gran gol de Víctor (Mallorca convince with great goal by Víctor) ; RCD Mallorca, 27 July 2011 (in Spanish) A product of hometown RCD Mallorca's youth ranks, he first appeared officially with the first team on 17 April 2005 in a 0–0 La Liga home draw against Valencia CF,Mallorca y Valencia logran un escaso empate a nada (Mallorca and Valencia get short tasteless draw); El Mundo, 17 April 2005 (in Spanish) and established himself as a useful attacking player in the following seasons.El Elche negocia con el Mallorca el traspaso del punta Víctor Casadesús (Elche negotiate transfer of striker Víctor Casadesús with Mallorca); Diario Información, 8 January 2014 (in Spanish)
In the second half of 2007–08 campaign, Casadesús served a six-month loan at Segunda División club Real Sociedad,El dato. Víctor, otro canterano que puede dejar el Mallorca (The fact. Víctor, another homegrown player who could leave Mallorca); Diario de Mallorca, 25 March 2008 (in Spanish) scoring regularly during his stint but not being able to help the Basques ultimately promote to the top flight. He returned subsequently to the Balearic Islands but, in August 2008 was again loaned, to Gimnàstic de Tarragona also in the second tier,El Mallorca cede a Víctor Casadesús al Nàstic (Mallorca loan Víctor Casadesús to Nàstic); Diario de Mallorca, 23 August 2008 (in Spanish) being again recalled after netting a career-high 13 goals.Nino se convierte en el máximo goleador de la temporada (Nino becomes the season's top scorer); El Confidencial, 21 June 2009 (in Spanish)
In 2009–10, Casadesús found himself backing up in-form Aritz Aduriz, and appeared more prominently in the Copa del Rey.El valor del grupo (A group's worth); El País, 23 March 2010 (in Spanish) On 14 January 2010, he helped the team come from behind against Rayo Vallecano with a brace for an eventual 3–1 home win (4–3 aggregate), but had to be stretchered off with a broken clavicle.El canterano Víctor lanza al Mallorca (Youth player Víctor propels Mallorca); El País, 14 January 2010 (in Spanish)Lesión de Víctor deja a Manzano con sólo dos delanteros (Víctor's injury leaves Manzano with only two forwards); Marca, 15 January 2010 (in Spanish) In the league, the side finished fifth – fourth until the last minute of the last matchday – and qualified for the UEFA Europa League, with the player contributing four goals.Manzano: "Moralmente nos correspondía jugar la Champions" (Manzano: "We were supposed to play the Champions League from a moral standpoint"); Marca, 16 May 2010 (in Spanish)
Casadesús alternated between divisions one and two after leaving Mallorca in January 2014, with Levante UD,El Levante firma a Víctor Casadesús por tres temporadas (Levante sign Víctor Casadesús for three seasons); Diario AS, 31 January 2014 (in Spanish) CD Tenerife and AD Alcorcón.Víctor Casadesús refuerza la delantera del Alcorcón (Víctor Casadesús bolsters Alcorcón forward lines); La Vanguardia, 9 July 2018 (in Spanish) The 34-year-old moved down to the Segunda División B in summer 2019, signing for FC Andorra.Piqué ficha a Víctor Casadesús para el Andorra (Piqué signs Víctor Casadesús for Andorra); Diario de Mallorca, 2 September 2019 (in Spanish)
International career Casadesús appeared for Spain at the 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, scoring for the eventual champions in the 2–2 semi-final draw with Ukraine (penalty shootout victory after 120 minutes).Otra final para España (Another final for Spain); UEFA, 21 July 2004 (in Spanish)Spain shine in Switzerland; UEFA, 26 July 2004
Honours Levante Segunda División: 2016–17El Levante se proclamó campeón de Segunda División (Levante crowned Segunda División champions); La Vanguardia, 20 May 2017 (in Spanish)
Spain U19 UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2004
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