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Quevin Castro
Personal information
Full name Quévin Moisés Cachicote da Rocha de Castro[1]
Date of birth (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Portugal
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Notts County
(on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
Youth career
Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Mildenhall Town
Thetford Town
Norwich CBS
2019 Leiston 3 (1)
2020 Bury Town 2 (0)
2021– West Bromwich Albion 2 (0)
2022 → Burton Albion (loan) 3 (0)
2022– → Notts County (loan) 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:09, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Quévin Moisés Cachicote da Rocha de Castro (born 16 August 2001), known as just Quevin Castro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Notts County on loan from West Bromwich Albion.

Early life and education

Born in Portugal,[3] Castro played in the academy at Sporting CP before moving to England.[4] He grew up in Thetford, Norfolk, and attended The Thetford Academy.[5]

Career

Castro played non-league football for Mildenhall Town, Thetford Town, Norwich CBS, Leiston and Bury Town during his early career.[6][7][8] Castro had trial spells at Ipswich Town in 2019 and later in 2020, and also spent time on trial at Sutton United, Arsenal, Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion.[3][6]

In summer 2021, Castro signed for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion on a two-year contract following his trial at the club.[6] He made his debut for the club on 25 August 2021, starting in a 6–0 EFL Cup second round defeat to Arsenal.[9][10] Castro went onto make his league debut for West Brom on 28 February 2022, as a substitute in a 2–0 Championship defeat to Swansea City.[11]

On 14 July 2022, Castro joined League One side Burton Albion on a season-long loan.[12] Castro had his loan terminated by mutual consent on 1 September.[13] On 12 September 2022, Castro joined National League club Notts County on loan until 8 January 2023.[14]

Style of play

Castro has been described as an "energetic and powerful central midfielder".[6]

Personal life

Castro was born in Portugal to a Santomean father and an Angolan mother.[15] His brothers Rudy, Valter Rocha, and Aires are also footballers.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 September 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leiston 2019–20[8] Southern League Premier Division Central 3 1 1 0 — 1[a] 1 5 2
Bury Town 2019–20[17] Isthmian League North Division 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 2 0
West Bromwich Albion 2021–22[10] EFL Championship 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2022–23[18] EFL Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Burton Albion 2022–23[18] EFL League One 3 0 0 0 1 0 1[b] 0 5 0
Career total 10 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 15 2
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Southern League Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

West Bromwich Albion U23

References

  1. ^ "Quévin Castro :: Quévin Moisés Cachicote da Rocha de Castro :: West Bromwich". www.playmakerstats.com.
  2. ^ "Quevin Castro". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b Warren, Andy (13 July 2021). "Long-time Ipswich trialist signs for West Brom". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Exclusive: West Bromwich Albion's new signing Quevin Castro hoping to go to the very top". SuffolkNews. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ Apicella, Liam (13 July 2021). "West Bromwich Albion sign Thetford-raised Quevin Castro". SuffolkNews. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d Masi, Joseph (14 July 2021). "West Brom sign teen Quevin Castro after impressing on trial". Express & Star. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Wolves Left-Back and Former Manchester United Trainee Among Blues Trialists — Ipswich Town News". TWTD.co.uk. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Quevin Castro Profile". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  9. ^ Chapman, Joseph (25 August 2021). "West Brom v Arsenal team news as Ismael hands out five debuts". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Games played by Quevin Castro in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  11. ^ Ally, Marcus (1 March 2022). "Quevin Castro sends message to West Brom supporters after making debut in 2-0 loss to Swansea City". Football League World. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Quevin Castro completes loan switch to Burton". West Bromwich Albion. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  13. ^ "CASTRO LOAN TERMINATED BY MUTUAL CONSENT". www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Signing: Quevin Castro". www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Angola pick several new faces for upcoming friendlies". BBC Sport. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  16. ^ Madeley, Steve. "Quevin Castro: Albion's teen star plucked from non-League with lofty ambitions". The Athletic.
  17. ^ "Bury Town — Appearances — Quevin Castro — 2019–2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Games played by Quevin Castro in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  19. ^ Masi, Joseph (13 May 2022). "West Brom win Black Country derby PL Cup final in dramatic penalty shoot-out". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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