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Alexander Castro
Costa Rican footballer (born 1979)
Alexánder Castro Trejos (born February 14, 1979) is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexánder Castro Trejos | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-02-14) February 14, 1979 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Golfito, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2005 | Alajuelense | 96 | (3) |
| 2005–2007 | Cartaginés | 52 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Herediano | 13 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Ramonense | 18 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Herediano | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001–2005 | Costa Rica | 22 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 2009 | |||
Castro made his league debut for Alajuelense on 7 February 1999 against Municipal Goicoechea, also immediately scoring a goal in the match,[1] and played for Herediano, whom he joined for a second spell in August 2010,[2] Cartaginés and Ramonense[3] in the Primera División de Costa Rica.
In December 2011, Castro began legal proceedings against Herediano, claiming the club owed him money after they did not honor his contract until 2013.[4]
Castro played for Costa Rica at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria.[5]
Castro made 23 appearances for the Costa Rica national football team, including two qualifying matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[5] He made his debut in a UNCAF Nations Cup 2001 match against Belize on June 23, 2001.[6] He made two appearances for Costa Rica at the Copa América 2004[7] and five appearances at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8]
His final international was a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against El Salvador.
- Alexánder vive su momento - Nación (in Spanish)
- Alexander Castro se viste de rojiamarillo - Al Día (in Spanish)
- ADR cambia su estilo para la nueva temporada - Ramonense
- Alexander Castro pide el embargo del Herediano - Nación (in Spanish)
- Alexander Castro – FIFA competition record (archived)
- "Costa Rica - Details International Matches 1993-2003". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- "Copa América 2004". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- Alexander Castro at National-Football-Teams.com
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