Alexis Castro (footballer, born 1984)

Not to be confused with Alexis Castro (footballer, born 1994).

Alexis Castro
Personal information
Full name Alexis Nicolás Castro
Date of birth (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sarmiento Resistencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Instituto 24 (1)
2007 Al-Ahli
2007–2008 Huracán 8 (0)
2008–2009 Atlético Tucumán 20 (2)
2009–2012 Atlético de Rafaela 110 (27)
2012–2013 Godoy Cruz 52 (5)
2014–2017 Newell's Old Boys 33 (4)
2015 → Sarmiento (loan) 14 (0)
2016–2017 → Aldosivi (loan) 27 (1)
2017–2018 Atlético de Rafaela 16 (0)
2019– Sarmiento Resistencia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2019

Alexis Nicolás Castro (born 23 January 1984) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sarmiento Resistencia[1][2]

Career

Club

Castro started his career with Instituto in 2004,[3] he made 24 league appearances and scored one goal for the club before he left in 2007 to join UAE Arabian Gulf League side Al-Ahli.[4][5] However, his spell with Al-Ahli was short as he left soon after to return to Argentina and join Huracán but after just 8 appearances in one year with Huracán, he was soon on the move again as, in 2008, he agreed to sign for Atlético Tucumán.[1] 20 appearances and 12 months later, Castro departed Atlético Tucumán after winning the 2008–09 Primera B Nacional and joined Atlético de Rafaela.[1] In three years with Rafaela, Castro participated in 110 matches, scored 27 goals and won the 2010–11 Primera B Nacional.[1]

2012 saw a move firstly to Godoy Cruz and then to Newell's Old Boys. In June 2015, he was loaned out to Sarmiento.[3] He made 14 Argentine Primera División appearances for Sarmiento before returning to Newell's Old Boys.[1] In January 2016, Castro completed a loan move to Aldosivi and made his debut for the club on 6 February against Olimpo.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 November 2016.[1][7]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[a] League Cup Continental[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newell's Old Boys 2013–14 Argentine Primera División 16 3 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 16 3
2014 3 0 1 0 — 5[c] 1 0 0 9 1
2015 14 1 1 0 — — 0 0 15 1
2016 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2016–17 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Total 33 4 2 0 — 5 1 0 0 40 5
Sarmiento (loan) 2015 Argentine Primera División 14 0 0 0 — — 0 0 14 0
Aldosivi (loan) 2016 13 1 1 0 — — 0 0 14 1
2016–17 5 0 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0
Total 32 1 1 0 — — 0 0 33 1
Career total 65 5 3 0 — 5 1 0 0 73 6

  1. ^ Includes the Copa Argentina
  2. ^ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Five appearances in 2014 Copa Libertadores

Honours

Club

Atlético Tucumán
Atlético de Rafaela

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Alexis Castro profile". Soccerway. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ a b "Alexis Castro será nuevo refuerzo de Sarmiento". TyC Sports. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Al Ain add to Al Ahli's growing tale of woes with lone-goal win". Gulf News. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  5. ^ "الأهلي يفاجئ "الجميع" بعودة مجيدي على سبيل الإعارة". Albayan. 12 February 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Alexis Castro se convirtió en el noveno refuerzo de Aldosivi". TyC Sports. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Alexis Castro profile". ESPN FC. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.