Rubilio Castillo

Rubilio Castillo
Personal information
Full name	Román Rubilio Castillo Álvarez
Date of birth	26 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	La Ceiba, Honduras
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Deportivo Pasto
Number	17
Youth career
2000–2006	Interlatinos F.C.
2006–2008	El Sauce
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2013	Vida
2012	→ Deportes Savio (loan)
2014–2018	Motagua
2015–2016	→ Correcaminos UAT (loan)
2019	Saprissa
2019–2022	Tondela
2020–2021	→ Motagua (loan)
2021	→ Royal Pari (loan)
2022	Comunicaciones
2022–	Deportivo Pasto
International career‡
2015–	Honduras
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2022

Román Rubilio Castillo Álvarez (born 26 November 1991) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a striker for Colombian club Deportivo Pasto the Honduras national team.

Club career

His debut in top flight football league was for C.D.S. Vida on 27 September 2008 against Hispano F.C. and he scored the only goal from his side. He used to play in an amateur championship with his team El Sauce where he won top goalscorer.

On 9 November 2008, Diario Deportivo Diez confirmed that he would go on trial with River Plate in November.

On 12 August 2018, Castillo scored the winning goal in the F.C. Motagua's 1–0 victory over Real C.D. España. With this goal, he became the club's all-time scorer with 77 goals. This also represented his 100th goal in Liga Nacional.^[1] After his performance at the 2018 CONCACAF League, he was nominated for Player of the Year and was also included in the Best XI at the 2018 CONCACAF Awards.

International career

International goals

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.^[2]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 June 2015	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	2–1	2–2	Friendly
2.	4 September 2015	Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–0	3–0	Friendly
3.	15 January 2017	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	El Salvador	1–1	2–1	2017 Copa Centroamericana
4.	15 January 2017	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	El Salvador	2–1	2–1	2017 Copa Centroamericana
5.	17 June 2019	Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica	Jamaica	2–3	2–3	2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
6.	25 June 2019	Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, United States	El Salvador	2–0	4–0	2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honours

Individual

CONCACAF League Golden Boot (Shared): 2018

References

^ "Rubilio Castillo marcó su gol número 100 en Liga Nacional con gol para Motagua". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^ "R. Castillo". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

"Román Rubilio es el nuevo diamante del Vida. Román Rubilio debutó con un golazo en el empate 1–1 de su equipo ante el Hispano". diez.hn. 2008-09-29. Archived from the original on October 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
"Román Castillo, debut soñado". Tiempo Digital. 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2008-09-30.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Rubilio Castillo marcó su gol número 100 en Liga Nacional con gol para Motagua". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[2] "R. Castillo". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

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