Jairo Castillo
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 November 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Tumaco, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–2000 | América de Cali | 155 | (57) |
1995 | → Barranquilla (loan) | 25 | (8) |
2000–2001 | Vélez Sársfield | 55 | (7) |
2002–2003 | América de Cali | 49 | (15) |
2004 | Independiente | 32 | (7) |
2005 | Valladolid | 12 | (2) |
2005 | América de Cali | 8 | (1) |
2006 | Millonarios | 16 | (1) |
2007 | Limassol | 5 | (4) |
2008 | Defensor Sporting | 11 | (6) |
2008–2009 | Godoy Cruz | 8 | (5) |
2009 | Millonarios | 5 | (0) |
2010 | Godoy Cruz | 34 | (11) |
2011 | Querétaro | 5 | (0) |
2011 | Independiente | 2 | (1) |
2011 | → América de Cali (loan) | 14 | (7) |
2012 | Atlético Tucumán | 8 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Boyacá Chicó | 34 | (9) |
International career | |||
1999–2005 | Colombia | 23 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jairo Fernando "El Tigre" (The Tiger) Castillo Cortés (born 17 November 1977 in Tumaco) is a retired Colombian football player. He has played for a number of clubs in Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Cyprus and Uruguay.
Club career
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
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
- ^ 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
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- Official Club Player Profile (in Spanish)
- Spanish Segunda statistics[permanent dead link]
- Jairo Castillo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Colombian footballers
- Colombian expatriate footballers
- Colombia international footballers
- América de Cali footballers
- Atlético Bucaramanga footballers
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Real Valladolid players
- Millonarios F.C. footballers
- AEL Limassol players
- Defensor Sporting players
- Godoy Cruz footballers
- Querétaro F.C. footballers
- Atlético Tucumán footballers
- Boyacá Chicó F.C. footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Uruguay
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Categoría Primera A players
- Categoría Primera B players
- Argentine Primera División players
- La Liga players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2001 Copa América players
- Copa América-winning players
- People from Tumaco