Manuel_Castro
Manuel Castro
Uruguayan footballer (born 1995)
Luis Manuel Castro Cáceres (born 27 September 1995) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Liga MX club Juárez.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Manuel Castro Cáceres | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Durazno, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Juárez | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Montevideo Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Montevideo Wanderers | 76 | (17) |
| 2019–2022 | Estudiantes | 63 | (9) |
| 2020 | → Atlanta United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2023– | Juárez | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:25, 29 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
Castro's career started in his homeland with Montevideo Wanderers, manager Alfredo Arias promoted the midfielder into his first-team squad during the 2014–15 Uruguayan Primera División season.[1][3] Having been an unused substitute for matches with El Tanque Sisley, Rampla Juniors and Tacuarembó, Castro made his first professional appearance in a 1–0 loss away to Sud América on 6 December 2014.[1] That was his sole appearance that season, with just two more coming in 2015–16.[1] Castro featured fifteen times in the next campaign, whilst scoring his first three senior goals; including his opener over Nacional in September 2016.[1]
In total, Castro appeared in eighty-seven matches for Montevideo Wanderers across five years, a spell in which he netted seventeen goals; notably eleven of which came in 2018, which was his last season with the club.[1] On 4 January 2019, Castro joined Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes; signing a three-year contract.[1][4][5] After debuting in a home loss to Vélez Sarsfield on 28 January, he netted his first goal on 18 February against Argentinos Juniors.[1] Further goals versus Talleres and, in the Copa Argentina, Sarmiento occurred across thirty total appearances in his first twelve months with Estudiantes.[1]
Midway through Castro's second season with Estudiantes he joined Major League Soccer's Atlanta United on a six-month loan, with an option for the club to extend the deal for the rest of the season.[6] He made his debut in the CONCACAF Champions League on 11 March as Atlanta lost 3–0 at the Estadio Azteca to América.[1] The club, during the season's delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, exercised their loan extension option on 29 June.[7] After three appearances in the MLS is Back Tournament, Castro made his regular season bow in a win over Orlando City on 29 August.[1] His loan ended on 24 November, after the winger had appeared eleven times; though just three were as a starter.[1]
- As of 22 December 2020.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2014–15 | Uruguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2016 | 15 | 3 | — | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||||
| 2017 | 25 | 3 | — | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||||
| 2018 | 33 | 11 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | ||||
| Total | 76 | 17 | — | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 17 | ||||
| Estudiantes | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2019–20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21[nb 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |||
| Atlanta United (loan) | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Career total | 109 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 20 | ||
- Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
- Appearance(s) in the CONCACAF Champions League
- Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
- "Uruguay - M. Castro". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
- "Ficha Estadistica de LUIS CASTRO". BDFA. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "Wanderers confirmó la transferencia de Manuel Castro a Estudiantes de La Plata". Fútbol. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "Manuel Castro a Estudiantes". Tenfield. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "Atlanta United signs Manuel Castro on loan from Estudiantes". Atlanta United. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "Atlanta United announces roster moves". Atlanta United. Atlanta United Communications. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- Manuel Castro at Soccerway
- Manuel Castro at BeSoccer
- Manuel Castro at Soccerbase
- Manuel Castro at Fichajes.com (in Spanish)