Zé_Castro

Zé Castro

Zé Castro

Portuguese footballer

José Eduardo Rosa Vale de Castro (born 13 January 1983), commonly known as Zé Castro, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a central defender.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vale and the second or paternal family name is Castro.
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He started and finished his professional career with Académica, but spent 11 years in Spain representing Atlético Madrid, Deportivo and Rayo Vallecano. Appearing for all the clubs in La Liga, he amassed totals of 168 matches and five goals.

Castro earned 26 caps for Portugal at youth level, including 15 for the under-21 team. He made his full debut in 2009.

Club career

Académica

Born in Coimbra, Castro entered hometown Académica de Coimbra's youth ranks as a child, and made his Primeira Liga debut on 5 October 2003, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 away loss to FC Porto.[2] Despite his young age, he eventually became an undisputed starter and team captain.

Atlético Madrid

In May 2006, after unfinished advances by Portugal's Big Three, Castro signed with Spanish club Atlético Madrid on a free transfer alongside compatriot Costinha.[3][4] In his first year he benefitted from injuries to teammates, appearing in 22 La Liga matches and scoring two goals (including an 83rd-minute strike against CA Osasuna for the game's only goal, at home, on 20 January 2007).[5] He featured rarely in the following season.[6][7]

Deportivo

In the summer of 2008, Castro joined fellow league side Deportivo de La Coruña on a season-long loan, with the Galicians having a buyout clause of €2 million for 50% of the player's rights; the remaining 50% were owned by a company.[8] Again due to injury – habitual starter Pablo Amo was sidelined for months with an Achilles tendon problem – the Portuguese was able to start most of the campaign, and the option was activated for a permanent move.[9][10]

Castro played only ten games in 2009–10, and featured even less the following season, prompting him to request a move in mid-November 2010.[11] In March 2011, he was to be picked as a last-minute substitute for a league match against Real Sociedad after Aythami Artiles went down with a bout of gastroenteritis, but did not present himself at the Estadio Riazor and could not be traced through his mobile phone.[12][13]

Later years

Following Depor's two relegations in the space of three seasons, and a promotion in between, Castro returned to both Madrid and the Spanish top flight on 29 August 2013, signing a one-year deal at Rayo Vallecano.[14] In early July 2015, the 32-year-old extended that by a further three.[15]

Castro returned to Académica on 25 September 2017, after an absence of 11 years.[16] In April 2022, after the club confirmed its first-ever relegation to the third division, he announced his retirement, saying of Portuguese football "We are very ignorant, football-wise. We aren't illiterate, illiteracy is not being able to learn. If you can learn but don't want to, you're ignorant".[17]

International career

Shortly after his debut with Académica, Castro became a defensive stalwart for the Portugal under-21s, and appeared at the 2006 UEFA European Championship on home soil. There, he played three complete matches as the team exited in the group stage, and scored an own goal in the 2–0 defeat against Serbia.[18]

On 10 June 2009, Castro finally made his full debut, in a 0–0 friendly draw in Estonia.[19] On 10 May of the following year, in spite of a poor season at Deportivo, he was included in a provisional squad of 24 players announced by Carlos Queiroz in view of the 2010 FIFA World Cup; however, after Pepe recovered in time to participate in the competition, he was cut.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 April 2017[21][22]
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Honours

Deportivo

References

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    "Zé Castro" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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    Fernandes, Mariana (26 June 2019). "Futre e mais 15: os outros portugueses que passaram pelo Atl. Madrid antes de João Félix, entre flops e figuras de proa" [Futre and 15 others: the other Portuguese who had spells in Atl. Madrid before João Félix, from flops to figureheads]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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    "Ze Castro, pendiente de firma, llega al Deportivo para reforzar el centro de la zaga" [Ze Castro, signature pending, arrives at Deportivo to bolster center of defense] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
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    "Ze Castro signs permanent deal with Deportivo La Coruna". PortuGOAL. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
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    Garrido, Francisco José (29 August 2013). "Zé Castro y Seba Fernández, nuevos jugadores del Rayo" [Zé Castro and Seba Fernández, Rayo's new players]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2016.
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    "Zé Castro renueva por tres años con el Rayo" [Zé Castro renews for three years with Rayo]. Marca (in Spanish). 3 July 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
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    "Oficial: Zé Castro regressa a casa que bem conhece" [Official: Zé Castro returns to home he knows well]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 September 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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    Pombo, Diogo (17 April 2022). "Pela primeira vez, a Académica desceu à III Divisão e o capitão Zé Castro lamentou: "Somos muito ignorantes, futebolisticamente falando"" [For the first time, Académica were relegated to the III Division and captain Zé Castro rued: "We are very ignorant, football-wise"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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    Harrold, Michael (25 May 2006). "Ivanović caps Portugal misery". UEFA. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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    "Una mediocre Portugal se estrella ante Estonia" [A mediocre Portugal crash against Estonia]. Marca (in Spanish). 10 June 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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    "Queiroz calls Pepe in for Portugal". FIFA. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
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