Hernán Castro

Hernán Segundo Castro Venegas (14 August 1961 – 17 August 2021) was a Chilean professional footballer who played as a left winger for clubs in Chile and Mexico.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castro and the second or maternal family name is Venegas.
Hernán Castro
Personal information
Full name Hernán Segundo Castro Venegas
Date of birth (1961-08-14)14 August 1961
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 17 August 2021(2021-08-17) (aged 60)
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
Chileno Árabe
1975–1980 Audax Italiano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1982 Audax Italiano 29 (6)
1983 Santiago Wanderers 31 (7)
1984 Audax Italiano
1984 Santiago Wanderers 27 (1)
1985–1986 Audax Italiano 54 (13)
1987 Huachipato 4 (1)
1987 Coquimbo Unido (1)
1988 Audax Italiano (7)
1989 Unión La Calera (4)
1990–1992 Morelia 31
1992 Unión San Felipe (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

As a child, Castro was with Chileno Árabe before joining Audax Italiano youth system,[1] making his professional debut thanks to the coach Hernán Godoy.[2]

A well remembered player of Audax Italiano[3] and Santiago Wanderers[4] in the first half 1980s, in his homeland he also played for Huachipato, Coquimbo Unido, Unión La Calera and Unión San Felipe.[5]

He also had a successful stint with Mexican side Atlético Morelia from 1990 to 1992 in the top division, making thirty one appearances.[6]

Controversies

Owner of a controversial personality, as a professional footballer he used to smoke marijuana and drink alcohol.[7]

At the beginning of his stint with Coquimbo Unido, he spat a referee and was suspended for around 18 matchdays.[7]

Personal life

Castro was better known by his nickname Indio (Indian).[4]

As a player of Morelia, he earned over 30 millions Mexican pesos what he squandered back in Chile.[8] In addition, he was in prison for assaulting his wife.[6]

After his retirement, he worked as a builder, welder and pipe assembler. He fell into a depression and lived in a garbage drump in Cerro Navia commune,[7] despite he sometimes was helped by former colleagues,[9] dying in the street on 17 August 2021.[5]

References
  1. "Hernán CASTRO". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. "Ex futbolista de Audax y la Roja es encontrado viviendo como indigente". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 Horas. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. @audaxitaliano (17 August 2021). "Con profunda tristeza lamentamos el fallecimiento de Hernán "Indio" Castro" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. "Adiós, "Indio": el fútbol chileno llora la muerte de Hernán Castro" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. "En la calle murió "El Indio" Castro, ex puntero izquierdo de Unión La Calera". El Observador (in Spanish). 18 August 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. "Del éxito a la calle: la historia de Hernán "Indio" Castro". W Radio México (in Spanish). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  7. Leal, Ignacio (10 September 2016). "De rey a mendigo" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  8. "La estrepitosa caída del Indio Castro: el referente de Morelia que terminó en la indigencia". infobae (in Spanish). 7 October 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  9. [CHV Noticias) La nueva vida del “Indio”: El ex futbolista ya no vive en la calle - CHV NOTICIAS on YouTube (in Spanish). 17 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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