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based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameKaelan Casey
PositionCentre-back
NationalityEngland
Age21
Date of birth28 Oct 2004
BirthplaceBrentwood
Height185 cm
Shirt number#16
ClubStevenage
Centre-back
16
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
841
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Leyton Orient.

Also this season

On loan at SwanseaLeague Cup: 4 apps, 0g 0a, 328 min

On loan at SwanseaChampionship: 8 apps, 0g 1a, 298 min

On loan at West HamPremier League Summer Series: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 90 min

The headline Season rating covers his time at Stevenage; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

K. Casey is a 21-year-old central defender at Leyton Orient, rated 40.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 28th of 79 on scout potential in the League One and 566th of 1536 U-23 players tracked. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (20.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.21 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Casey.

Judged on this season alone, Casey graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 16th of 20 of the 20 centre-backs in the League One, on 2 clean sheets and 3.21 defensive actions per 90.

We hold a single season for Casey, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 41, top 40% of the 20 centre-backs in the League One. At 21 Casey is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 8.2 reflects that trajectory.

40.7
Ratingi
8th of 20 centre-backs
6.7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
20.3%
Minutes
limited game time
3.21
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Leyton Orient finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side

16
Apps
3.21
Def. / 90
6
Tackles
14
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

3.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 16 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (20th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 20.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 40.7, Casey carries the 8th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League One of 20 — though on just 16 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.21 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 21 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (97/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the League One with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles6
Interceptions14
Blocks10

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.