Jairo Castillo

Jairo Castillo
	Castillo in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	17 November 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Tumaco, Colombia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2000	América de Cali
1995	→ Atlético Bucaramanga (loan)
2000–2001	Vélez Sársfield
2002–2003	América de Cali
2004	Independiente
2005	Valladolid
2005	América de Cali
2006	Millonarios
2007	Limassol
2008	Defensor Sporting
2008–2009	Godoy Cruz
2009	Millonarios
2010	Godoy Cruz
2011	Querétaro
2011	Independiente
2011	→ América de Cali (loan)
2012	Atlético Tucumán
2013–2014	Boyacá Chicó
International career
1999–2005	Colombia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jairo Fernando "El Tigre" (The Tiger) Castillo Cortés (born 17 November 1977) is a retired Colombian football player. He has played for a number of clubs in Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Cyprus and Uruguay.

Club career[edit]

Castillo started his playing career in 1994 at América de Cali, where he won the league title in 1997.

In 2000, he joined Vélez Sársfield of Argentina but returned to América de Cali after only one season where he won in 2002, another Colombian league title. In 2003, he went back to Argentina to play for Club Atlético Independiente.

He then had spells in Europe with Real Valladolid of Spain and AEL Limassol of Cyprus, In 2008, he joined Defensor Sporting of Uruguay.

Castillo returned to Argentina in 2008 to play for newly promoted Godoy Cruz, he scored twice on his league debut against Banfield and then on 28 September 2008 he scored a hat-trick helping Godoy Cruz to beat Boca Juniors 4–1.^[1]

Ironically, his improved form would only cause more heartbreak; being Godoy Cruz best player, he would yet again have an injury putting a major dent into his career. The next game, on 5 October 2008, away to Gimnasia, Jairo suffered a season-ending torn ACL after a hard tackle. Godoy Cruz subsequently lost their next 3 games.

In September 2009, after 11 months without playtime, Jairo Castillo left Godoy Cruz after his contract with the club from Mendoza expired, and joined the ranks of Millonarios, in Bogotá, Colombia. In December 2009 the 32-year-old forward Jairo Fernando Castillo Cortés moved back to Godoy Cruz after six months in Colombia.^[2]

International career[edit]

Castillo played 23 times for the Colombia national team between 1999 and 2005,^[3] he was part of the squad that won their first and only Copa América title in 2001.

References[edit]

^ La Gaceta Archived 31 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^ Godoy Cruz: Vuelve Jairo Castillo – Goal.com
^ Colombia record international footballers Archived 30 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine at rsssf

External links[edit]

Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
Official Club Player Profile Archived 10 February 2009 at archive.today (in Spanish)
Spanish Segunda statistics^{[permanent dead link]}
Jairo Castillo at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] La Gaceta Archived 31 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[2] Godoy Cruz: Vuelve Jairo Castillo – Goal.com

[3] Colombia record international footballers Archived 30 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine at rsssf

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