Gonzalo Castro

Not to be confused with Uruguayan footballer Chory Castro.

In this article, the first or paternal family name is Castro and the second or maternal family name is Randón.
Gonzalo Castro
Castro with VfB Stuttgart in 2018
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Castro Randón
Date of birth (1987-06-11) 11 June 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Wuppertal, West Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Arminia Bielefeld
Number 7
Youth career
Post SV Wuppertal
Viktoria Rott
0000–1999 Bayer Wuppertal
1999–2005 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Bayer Leverkusen II 10 (3)
2004–2015 Bayer Leverkusen 370 (30)
2015–2018 Borussia Dortmund 111 (12)
2018–2021 VfB Stuttgart 79 (9)
2021– Arminia Bielefeld 6 (1)
National team‡
2005 Spain U19 1 (0)
2006–2009 Germany U21 21 (3)
2007 Germany 5 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2009 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2017

Gonzalo Castro Randón (born 11 June 1987) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 3. Liga club Arminia Bielefeld.[2] He is a previous Germany international.

Career statistics

Castro with Borussia Dortmund in 2015
As of 18 September 2020
Club Season League Cup Continental Other1 Total Ref.
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayer Leverkusen 2004–05 Bundesliga 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 [3]
2005–06 Bundesliga 21 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 26 0 [4]
2006–07 Bundesliga 26 3 1 0 11 0 1 0 39 3 [4]
2007–08 Bundesliga 33 1 1 0 11 0 — 45 1 [5]
2008–09 Bundesliga 27 2 6 0 — — 33 2 [6]
2009–10 Bundesliga 29 1 1 0 — — 30 1 [7]
2010–11 Bundesliga 23 3 1 0 8 3 — 32 6 [8]
2011–12 Bundesliga 31 2 1 0 8 0 — 40 2 [9]
2012–13 Bundesliga 31 6 3 0 6 2 — 40 8 [10]
2013–14 Bundesliga 30 5 3 0 6 0 — 39 5 [11]
2014–15 Bundesliga 22 2 3 0 7 0 — 32 2 [12]
Totals 286 25 22 0 60 5 2 0 370 30 —
Bayer Leverkusen II 2005–06 Regionalliga Nord 10 3 — — — 10 3 [4]
Borussia Dortmund 2015–16 Bundesliga 25 3 5 3 11 1 — 41 7 [13]
2016–17 Bundesliga 28 3 6 0 7 1 1 0 42 4 [14]
2017–18 Bundesliga 19 0 2 1 6 0 1 0 28 1 [15]
Total 72 6 13 4 24 2 2 0 111 12 —
VfB Stuttgart 2018–19 Bundesliga 25 2 1 0 — 2 0 28 2 [16]
2019–20 2. Bundesliga 28 3 3 0 — — 31 3 [17]
2020–21 Bundesliga 26 4 2 0 — 0 0 28 4 [18]
Total 79 9 6 0 — 2 0 87 9 —
Arminia Bielefeld 2021–22 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career totals 447 43 41 4 84 7 6 0 578 54 —

Honours

Bayer Leverkusen[19]
Borussia Dortmund
Germany U21[20]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund".
  2. ↑ Haslam, Andrew (14 June 2009). "Castro commits to nurture over nature". UEFA. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Gonzalo Castro » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  17. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  18. ↑ "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  19. ↑ "G. Castro". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  20. ↑ Gartenschläger, Lars (6 June 2013). "Khedira, Özil, Neuer – Aufstieg der Euro-Helden". Die Welt (in German). welt.de. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 20 May 2016.

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