Francisco Castaño

Francisco Castaño
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Javier Castaño Allende
Date of birth	29 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Gijón, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1993	Sporting B
1991–1995	Sporting Gijón
1995–1998	Logroñés
1998–2000	Numancia
2000–2002	Betis
2002–2003	Levante
2003–2004	Astur
2004–2006	Langreo
2006–2009	Ceares
2009–2013	Marino Luanco
2013–2014	Lealtad
Total
International career
1989	Spain U16
1993	Spain U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Spanish name Francisco Javier Castaño Allende (born 29 December 1972) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

He amassed La Liga totals of 121 games and seven goals over the course of six seasons, representing in the competition Sporting de Gijón, Logroñés, Numancia and Betis. He added 150/23 in Segunda División, where he appeared for all the clubs but the first.

Club career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Castaño alternated between La Liga and Segunda División during his first 13 years as a senior. He made his debut in the former competition on 2 June 1991 with Sporting de Gijón, coming on as a 68th minute substitute in a 3–0 home win against RCD Español; he scored his first goal in the main category of Spanish football on 27 March 1994, contributing to a 2–1 success over Celta de Vigo also at El Molinón.

Castaño promoted to the top level three times during his professional career, with CD Logroñés in 1996, CD Numancia in 1999 and Real Betis in 2001, netting a combined 17 goals in the process. He also suffered relegation with the second side in 1997.

In 2003, aged nearly 31, Castaño left Levante UD. He went on to play a further 11 seasons in his native region, with Astur CF, UP Langreo, UC Ceares, Marino de Luanco and CD Lealtad, competing in Segunda División B, Tercera División and the regional championships.