Francisco Castro Gamboa

Francisco Castro
Personal information
Full name Francisco Fernando Castro Gamboa
Date of birth September 4, 1990 (1990-09-04) (age 21)
Place of birth Talagante, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Universidad de Chile
Number 16
Youth career
2005–2009 Cobreloa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Cobreloa 40 (2)
2010– Universidad de Chile 25 (8)
National team
2010– Chile 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Francisco Fernando Castro Gamboa (born 4 September 1990 in Talagante, Chile) is an Chilean football player. He plays as forward, for Universidad de Chile.

Career

In 2009 Castro ascended to the first team of Cobreloa, after playing 4 years on the youth club.[1] On August 11, 2010 he signed with Universidad de Chile with a free agent after leaving Cobreloa on his own,[2] but after claims of the ANFP and Cobreloa the player didn't sign a contract with Universidad de Chile, and he returned to Cobreloa. On August 18, Castro finally signed with Universidad de Chile after negotiations with Cobreloa, acquiring the 65% of the player, on 250.000 US dollars.[3] He scored his first goal with La U in a match against Unión San Felipe, for the 2011 Copa Chile. He is the currently top-scorer of La U in the 2011 Torneo de Clausura with 8 goals.

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