Geoffrey Castillion

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Geoffrey Castillion
Personal information
Full nameGeoffrey Castillion
Date of birth (1991-05-25) 25 May 1991
Place of birthAmsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubNEC (loan)
Number39
Youth career
RKSV TOB
DWS[2]
2005–2010Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–Ajax1(0)
2011–2012→ RKC Waalwijk (loan)29(6)
2012–2013→ Heracles Almelo (loan)30(3)
2013→ Jong Ajax6(1)
2014–→ NEC (loan)0(0)
National team‡
2007–2008Netherlands U-1710(9)
2008–2009Netherlands U-182(1)
2009–2010Netherlands U-196(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 August 2013

Geoffrey Castillion (born 25 May 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer of Surinamese descent, who plays for Eredivisie side NEC, on loan from Ajax, as a striker.[3]

Club career

AFC Ajax

Castillion was born in Amsterdam and began his football career in the youth ranks of RKSV TOB while attending Bredero College in Amsterdam-Noord. He then transferred to AFC DWS in Amsterdam-West where he started getting call-ups for the KNVB Regional youth teams. He was then scouted and recruited to join the youth ranks of AFC Ajax in 2005.[4] Entering at the C1 level under coach Wim Kwakman, we would win the national title in B1, and was promoted to A1 in 2009 under coach Frank de Boer. He made a very good impression and occasionally played in the Beloften Eredivisie with Jong Ajax the reserve team while still playing for A1.[5] Once promoted to Jong Ajax it seemed his Eredivisie debut would come, however with the arrival of Suk Hyun-Jun, Castillion fell out of the picture for then manager Martin Jol and continued to play for the reserves. Once Frank de Boer relieved Martin Jol as manager of Ajax, several young players from the youth were given more opportunities to prove themselves, and after Lorenzo Ebecilio and Jody Lukoki, Castillion too made his debut for the first team on 20 March 2011, in the 3–2 loss against ADO Den Haag in the Eredivisie.[6][7] Ajax would eventually go on to clinch the national title that season, making it the club's 30th national title overall.[8]

RKC Waalwijk (loan)

In August 2011, after his first season with the first team of Ajax, it was decided that Geoffrey Castillion would go out on loan to RKC Waalwijk for the duration of the 2011/12 season. He made his debut for RKC Waalwijk on 7 August 2011, and two weeks later scored his first Eredivisie goal while playing for RKC Waalwijk. In total Geoffrey Castillion made 29 league appearances for the club from North Brabant, while scoring a total of six goals during league play.[9]

Heracles Almelo (loan)

For the 2012/13 season, Castillion was sent out on loan a second time, this time around to Heracles Almelo, he was given the shirt number 21 coming off the bench at the start of the season, securing a starting position by November of that year.[10] On 18 November 2012, Castillion scored his first goal for Heracles Almelo, scoring the 4th goal in a 5-1 victory at home against Roda JC Kerkrade.[11] On 23 March 2013 Castillion extended his contract with AFC Ajax until 2014.[12]

NEC (loan)

On 17 January 2014, it was announced that Castillion was sent on loan to NEC until the end of the season.[13]

International career

Geoffrey Castillion made his International debut in an UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying match for the Netherlands U-17 against Albania U-17 on the 23 October 2007. The match ended in 3–0 victory for the Dutch. He played for the Dutch U-18 team on 19 November 2008 in a friendly encounter against Belgium U-18, a match which ended in 0–3 loss to the Belgians. He scored the only goal for the Netherlands U18, in his second appearance on 11 February 2009 against Luxembourg U-18, the match ended in 2–1 loss for the Dutch.[14]

Statistics

Club performance

As of 11 January 2014[15]
Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe1 Other2 Total
2010–11AjaxEredivisie10------10
2011–12RKC Waalwijk (loan)29641----337
2012–13Heracles Almelo (loan)30331----334
2013–14NEC (loan)00------00
Total Netherlands 60972----6711
Bulgaria 00------00
Career total 60972----6711
Statistics accurate as of last match played on 7 October 2013.[16]

1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

2 Includes Johan Cruijff Shield and Bulgarian Supercup matches.

Reserves performance
Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherlands League KNVB Reserve Cup Total
2013–14Jong AjaxJupiler League610061
Total Netherlands 610061
Career total 610061

Honours

Club

Ajax

References

  1. ↑ Geoffrey Castillion – UEFA competition record
  2. ↑ Geoffrey Castillion - Ajax Inside.nl
  3. ↑ "Inventarisatie Suriprof Aanvallers (in Dutch)". Natio Suriname. Retrieved 2013-08-29. 
  4. ↑ "Beste Speler 2012-2013:Geoffrey Castillion". Bestevoetballers.nl. Retrieved 2013-06-24. 
  5. ↑ "Castillion: Contract is very special". Ajax.nl. Retrieved 2013-06-24. 
  6. ↑ Debutant Castillion: ‘Kampioenschap wordt nu wel heel moeilijk’ Voetbalzone, 20 maart 2011
  7. ↑ "De Boer: Of we nog wat doen hangt af van Castillion". AD.nl. Retrieved 2011-07-11. 
  8. ↑ (Dutch) Voetbal International profile
  9. ↑ Ajax stalt lange spits Castillion op huurbasis bij RKC Voetbal International, 5 augustus 2011
  10. ↑ "Heracles Almelo player profile, Geoffrey Castillion". hafc.nl. Retrieved 2013-06-24. 
  11. ↑ http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/238096/Kortom-Ajax-licht-optie-Castillion-protest-Costa-Rica.htm Ajax licht optie Castillion
  12. ↑ "Heracles wil met Ajax praten over vestleggen Castillion". Voetbal International. Retrieved 2013-06-24. 
  13. ↑ "Ajax-duo eerste versterkingen voor NEC". Voetbalprimeur.nl. Retrieved 2014-01-17. 
  14. ↑ "Geoffrey Castillion Statistics". OnsOranje. Retrieved 2013-08-29. 
  15. ↑ Geoffrey Castillion profile at Soccerway
  16. ↑ "Geoffrey Castillion - Voetbal International profile". Voetbal International. 

External links

N.E.C. – current squad
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