Facundo Pérez Castro

Facundo Pérez Castro

Personal information
Full name	Facundo Javier Pérez Castro
Date of birth	August 7, 1981 (1981-08-07)
Place of birth	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Guangdong Sunray Cave
Youth career
	Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999-2007	Argentinos Juniors	191	(3)
2007-2008	Gimnasia de Jujuy	15	(1)
2008-2009	San Martín de Tucumán	34	(0)
2009-2010	Arsenal de Sarandí	25	(0)
2010	Olympiakos Volou F.C	7	(0)
2011	Shanghai Shenhua	24	(0)
2012-	Guangdong Sunray Cave
National team
2001	Argentina U-20	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals).

Facundo Javier Pérez Castro (born 7 August 1981 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province) is an Argentine football midfielder who last played for Guangdong Sunray Cave in the China League One.

Career

Pérez Castro came through Argentinos Juniors' youth system to make his debut for the club in 1999. He played for the club until 2007, in 2002 the club were relegated to the Primera B Nacional but Pérez Castro stayed with them and helped them to secure promotion back to the Primera Division in 2004.

Pérez Castro moved to Gimnasia for the start of Apertura 2007 tournament, but he was separated from the professional team by Carlos Ramacciotti in January 2008. However, when Omar Labruna replaced Ramacciotti as Gimnasia's manager Pérez Castro returned to the first team and even scored his first goal with the club against Lanús.

He played the 2008-09 season for San Martín de Tucumán but could not help his team to avoid relegation. The following season he was acquired by Arsenal de Sarandí.

For the 2010–11 he played for Olympiakos Volou F.C in the Superleague Greece.

External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics