Gaston Casas, has been signed for 3 years from Elche, where he was out of contract. Casas was born in Buenos Aires in January 1978  and is a versatile forward, who frequently gets on the score sheet. After helping his home team, Huracan, win promotion to the Argentinian Primera league in 2000 he was brought to Spain by Real Betis, where his goals helped them gain promotion to the Primera Liga. The following season he played in the Primera Liga and scored in the 3-1 victory by Real Betis over Real Madrid at the Bernabau. Unfortunately shortly afterwards Casas suffered a serious injury that kept him out of the game for 6 months. Following the injury he returned to Argentina where he played for Racing de Avellanda and then Argentinos Juniors before returning to Spain in 2005 where his 14 goals in 32 appearances helped Recreativo de Huelva to gain promotion to the Primera Liga. Last season he moved to Elche where he made 28 appearances, scoring 12 goals, the last of which was in week 40, when he scored in the 3-1 defeat by Cadiz at the Carranza.