Daniel Castro (footballer)

Daniel Esteban Castro Santibáñez (born 27 April 1994) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays as a forward for Deportes Limache.

Daniel Castro
Personal information
Full name Daniel Esteban Castro Santibáñez
Date of birth (1994-04-27) April 27, 1994
Place of birth Campiche, Puchuncaví, Chile
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Deportes Limache
Number 19
Youth career
Bernardo O'Higgins
Cruz del Llano[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Quintero Unido
2016 General Velásquez (19)
2017 Deportes Limache
2018 Unión La Calera 2 (0)
2018–2019 Deportes Limache ? (52)
2020–2021 Unión Española 11 (0)
2021 Deportes Limache 8 (3)
2022 Santiago Wanderers 8 (2)
2023– Deportes Limache 18 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2023

Career

He has become the Top Goalscorer of the fourth division of the Chilean football for three times: in 2016 playing for General Velásquez and in 2018 and 2019 playing for Deportes Limache. In 2020, he joined Unión Española in the Chilean Primera División.[2] In 2022, he joined Santiago Wanderers in the Primera B.[3]

For the 2023 season, he switched to Deportes Limache,[4] winning the league title.[5]

Personal life

He is nicknamed Popin, like a Chilean comic TV character.[6]

Honours

Club

Deportes Limache

Individual

References

  1. "FÚTBOL (M): EL GOLEADOR DANIEL CASTRO – Radio Nuevo Mundo". RadioNuevoMundo.cl (in Spanish). 25 July 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. "¡Es oficial! Daniel Castro vestirá los colores de Unión Española este 2020". Unión Española. 2020-01-04. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. "Daniel CASTRO". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  4. Arévalo, Joaquín (19 January 2023). "Tiene 42 años, enfrentó a la U de Sampaoli y a Ronaldinho: ahora quiere ser campeón en Segunda División". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  5. Zavala, Jaime (8 September 2023). "¡Histórico! Deportes Limache se corona campeón de la Segunda División y asciende a la Primera B". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  6. ""Popín" Castro tiene a Limache a punto de subir a Segunda División: final es el domingo". soychile.cl (in Spanish). 9 December 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2021.


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