Born in São Paulo, with only seven months of age, Casal moved to Montevideo with his family. He was ball boy of the Estadio Centenario and according to his own rating, a "anodino" footballer, who in 1968 joined the training divisions of the Defensor Sporting, at the age of 19 http://gunnerxxrjz.widblog.com/19852356/una-llave-simple-para-francisco-paco-casal-unveiled