Matías Castro (footballer, born 1991)

Matías Gastón Castro
Personal information
Date of birth	18 December 1991 (age 32)
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
2007–2012	C.A.I.
2012–2013	El Porvenir
2013–2014	Defensores de Cambaceres
2014–2015	Danubio
2015	Unión de Santa Fe
2016	Unión La Calera
2016	Villa Española
2017	San Marcos
2017–2019	Xanthi
2019	Montevideo Wanderers
2020	Xanthi
2020–2021	Ionikos
2021	Santa Fe
2022	Al-Wehdat
2022	Montevideo Wanderers
2023–	Sportivo Luqueño
	*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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Ionikos

Super League Greece 2: 2020–21

References[edit]

^ ^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.
^ "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.
^ "An Arab team signs an Argentine striker". what-new.com. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ @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.
^ "Luqueño continúa reforzando: presentó a Matías Gastón Castro". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

External links[edit]

Matías Castro at BDFA (in Spanish)
Matías Castro at Soccerway
Matías Castro at WorldFootball.net
Matías Gastón Castro at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)

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[aschile-1] "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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