Casper Sloth (born 26 March 1992 in Aarhus) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Danish 1st Division club FC Helsingør.
He is known as a skillful and creative midfielder, with vision and ability to both up the tempo and hold on to the ball as well as being able to play as a right winger.
Aarhus
Sloth started his youth career at Brabrand IF. He joined AGF academy in 2004, and progressed through the youth system.
Sloth made his AGF senior debut in the Danish Superliga championship on December 7, 2009, aged 17. The game was a 1–1 draw with Esbjerg fB at AGF's NRGi Park stadium. In 2008, former teammate Benny Feilhaber proclaimed Sloth as 'the greatest current talent in Danish football'.
On 1 May 2010, he opened his scoring account for AGF with two goals in a 4–1 win against Silkeborg IF. In October 2012 he was voted Superliga Player of the Month.
During the 2013/14 season, Sloth was unable to help prevent AGF from being relegated from the Danish Superliga.
On 22 August 2014, Yorkshire Evening Press journalist Phil Hay tweeted that a deal had been agreed for Sloth to join Leeds United on a three-year deal.
Leeds United
Sloth joined Football League Championship side Leeds United on 25 August 2014 on a three-year deal. He was allocated the number 33 shirt for the 2014/15 season. The fee for Sloth was believed to be in the region of £600k.
Sloth made his debut for Leeds on 30 August against Bolton Wanderers. He made 14 appearances in all competitions in his first season at the club, he was favoured more by head coaches Dave Hockaday and Darko Milanic for the first half of the season, with him barely being used by head coach Neil Redfearn in the second half of the season. On 31 July 2015, Sloth was given the number 29 shirt for the upcoming 2015/16 season.