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Matías Gastón Castro
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Neuquén, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Sportivo Luqueño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 C.A.I. 19 (4)
2012–2013 El Porvenir 0 (0)
2013–2014 Defensores 0 (0)
2014–2015 Danubio 27 (9)
2015 Unión de Santa Fe 5 (0)
2016 La Calera 5 (1)
2016 Villa Española 9 (0)
2017 San Marcos 11 (4)
2017–2019 Xanthi 39 (8)
2019 Wanderers 15 (5)
2020 Xanthi 8 (1)
2020–2021 Ionikos 27 (15)
2021 Santa Fe 11 (3)
2022 Al-Wehdat 2 (0)
2022 Wanderers 10 (1)
2023– Luqueño 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 February 2023

Matías Gastón Castro (born 18 December 1991) is an Argentine-Chilean[1] professional footballer who plays as a striker for Paraguayan club Sportivo Luqueño.

Career

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On 2021, he joined Colombian club Independiente de Santa Fe.[2] In 2022, he moved to Jordanian club Al-Wehdat.[3] On second half 2022, he returned to South America and signed with Montevideo Wanderers.[4]

In February 2023, he joined Paraguayan side Sportivo Luqueño.[5]

Personal life

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He holds dual nationality: Argentine-Chilean. On 2017, he acquired the Chilean nationality by descent according to the Chilean law, due to the fact that his paternal grandfather is Chilean.[1]

Honours

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Ionikos

References

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  1. ^ a b "El desconocido goleador chileno que se destapó en Uruguay" [The unknown Chilean goalscorer who was uncovered in Uruguay] (in Spanish). AS Chile. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Matías Castro y sus primeras palabras como jugador de Santa Fe: "Estoy feliz por mi llegada"". Gol Caracol (in Spanish). 2 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "An Arab team signs an Argentine striker". what-new.com. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  4. ^ @mwfc_oficial (2 August 2022). "𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐢́𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨, centrodelantero argentino de pasado en el Club, firma contrato con el 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2022 – via Instagram.
  5. ^ "Luqueño continúa reforzando: presentó a Matías Gastón Castro". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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