Daniel Castro (footballer)

Daniel Castro
Personal information
Full name Daniel Esteban Castro Santibáñez
Date of birth (1994-04-27) April 27, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Campiche, Puchuncaví, Chile
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Deportes Limache
Number 19
Youth career
Bernardo O'Higgins
Cruz del Llano[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Quintero Unido
2016 General Velásquez (19)
2017 Deportes Limache
2018 Unión La Calera 2 (0)
2018–2019 Deportes Limache ? (52)
2020–2021 Unión Española 11 (0)
2021 Deportes Limache 8 (3)
2022 Santiago Wanderers 8 (2)
2023– Deportes Limache 18 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2023

Daniel Esteban Castro Santibáñez (born 27 April 1994) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays as a forward for Deportes Limache.

Career

He has become the Top Goalscorer of the fourth division of the Chilean football for three times: in 2016 playing for General Velásquez and in 2018 and 2019 playing for Deportes Limache. In 2020, he joined Unión Española in the Chilean Primera División.[2] In 2022, he joined Santiago Wanderers in the Primera B.[3]

For the 2023 season, he switched to Deportes Limache,[4] winning the league title.[5]

Personal life

He is nicknamed Popin, like a Chilean comic TV character.[6]

Honours

Club

Deportes Limache

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FÚTBOL (M): EL GOLEADOR DANIEL CASTRO – Radio Nuevo Mundo". RadioNuevoMundo.cl (in Spanish). 25 July 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "¡Es oficial! Daniel Castro vestirá los colores de Unión Española este 2020". Unión Española. 2020-01-04. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Daniel CASTRO". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  4. ^ Arévalo, Joaquín (19 January 2023). "Tiene 42 años, enfrentó a la U de Sampaoli y a Ronaldinho: ahora quiere ser campeón en Segunda División". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  5. ^ Zavala, Jaime (8 September 2023). "¡Histórico! Deportes Limache se corona campeón de la Segunda División y asciende a la Primera B". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  6. ^ ""Popín" Castro tiene a Limache a punto de subir a Segunda División: final es el domingo". soychile.cl (in Spanish). 9 December 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2021.


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