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Francisco Castaño
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Javier Castaño Allende
Date of birth	29 December 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Gijón, Spain
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1993	Sporting Gijón 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
Managerial career
2021–2022	Mosconia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

He amassed La Liga totals of 121 games and seven goals over six seasons, representing in the competition Sporting de Gijón, Logroñés, Numancia and Betis. He added 150 matches and 23 goals in the 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.^[1] He scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 27 March 1994, contributing to a 2–1 victory over RC Celta de Vigo also at El Molinón.^[2]

Castaño promoted to the top tier three times in his professional career, with CD Logroñés in 1996, CD Numancia in 1999 and Real Betis in 2001, totalling 17 goals in the process.^[3] He also suffered relegation with the second side in 1997.^[4]

In 2003, aged 30, 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^[5] and CD Lealtad,^[6]^[7] competing in the Segunda División B and the Tercera División.

In July 2015, Castaño returned to Sporting de Gijón as youth coach.^[8] Six years later, he was appointed manager of Tercera Federación club CD Mosconia.^[9]^[10]

References

^ Cánovas, Manuel C. (3 June 1991). "Aires de funeral en Asturias" [Funeral march sounds in Asturias]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ Allongo, Jenaro (28 March 1994). "El Sporting se toma un respiro" [Sporting take a breather]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ Acedo, Diego (17 November 2011). "Un Castaño sigue floreciendo en Luanco" [A Chestnut ("Castaño" in English) still blossoming in Luanco]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ Fernández, José (29 May 2011). "El Marino regresa a lo grande" [Marino return in style]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ Azparren, Nacho (16 July 2013). "Castaño, la guinda de un ambicioso Lealtad" [Castaño, icing on the cake for ambitious Lealtad]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ Azparren, Nacho (26 May 2014). "Heroico ascenso a Segunda B del Lealtad de Villaviciosa" [Heroic Segunda B promotion of Lealtad de Villaviciosa]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Tomás Hervás continúa en el banquillo del Sporting B e Isma Piñera será el segundo entrenador" [Tomás Hervás remains in Sporting B's bench and Isma Piñera will be the second coach] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ Domingo Carruébano, Estefanía (10 November 2021). "Castaño, técnico del Mosconia, sancionado con siete partidos: «El árbitro se lo inventa»" [Castaño, Mosconia manager, seven-match ban for him: "Referee made it up"]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ Arias, Sara (4 February 2022). "La salida de Castaño del Mosconia, por decisión del club y de mutuo acuerdo" [Castaño's departure from Mosconia, by club decision and mutual agreement]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.