Pepe Castaño
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Castaño Muñoz | ||
Date of birth | 10 December 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Arcos de la Frontera, Spain | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Villarreal B | ||
Youth career | |||
Xerez | |||
Cádiz | |||
2015–2017 | Villarreal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Cádiz B | 16 | (0) |
2015 | Cádiz | 1 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Villarreal C | 44 | (3) |
2018– | Villarreal B | 13 | (0) |
2019– | Villarreal | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2015 | Spain U17 | 1 | (0) |
2016 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:49, 10 February 2019 (UTC) |
José "Pepe" Castaño Muñoz (born 14 February 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central defender for Villarreal CF B.
Club career
Born in Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalusia, Castaño represented Xerez CD and Cádiz CF as a youth.[1] On 17 May 2015, after already making his senior debut for the latter's reserves, he made his first team debut by starting in a 0–3 Segunda División B away loss against Arroyo CP; at the age of 16 years, 5 months and 7 days, he became the youngest player ever to debut for the club.[2]
On 22 July 2015, Castaño moved to Villarreal CF and returned to youth football.[3] He was promoted to the C-team the following year, and reached the B-side in 2018.[4]
Castaño made his professional debut on 17 January 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 loss at RCD Espanyol, for the season's Copa del Rey.[5]
References
- ^ "Pepe Castaño, amarillo oro" [Pepe Castaño, golden yellow] (in Spanish). Diario de Cádiz. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Pepe Castaño, el canterano más joven en debutar" [Pepe Castaño, the youngest youth graduate to debut] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "El Cádiz y el Villarreal acuerdan el traspaso de Pepe Castaño" [Cádiz and Villarreal agree the transfer of Pepe Castaño] (in Spanish). O Cádiz Digital. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "El arcense Pepe Castaño inicia la pretemporada con el Villarreal B" [Arcense Pepe Castaño starts the pre-season with Villarreal B] (in Spanish). La Cantera Cádiz. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Con Borja Iglesias a cuartos" [With Borja Iglesias to the quarterfinals] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
External links
- Pepe Castaño at BDFutbol
- Pepe Castaño at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Pepe Castaño at Cadistas1910 (in Spanish)
- Pepe Castaño at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Sierra de Cádiz
- Spanish footballers
- Andalusian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Cádiz CF B players
- Cádiz CF players
- Villarreal CF C players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Villarreal CF players
- Spain youth international footballers