Santi Castillejo

Santi Castillejo
Personal information
Full nameSantiago Castillejo Castillejo
Date of birth5 September 1971
Place of birthValtierra, Spain
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
Tudelano
Osasuna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1990–1994Osasuna B
1993–1996Osasuna33(4)
1994–1995→ Alavés (loan)33(22)
1996–1998Numancia64(19)
1998–2000Castellón66(26)
2000–2003Gimnàstic100(35)
2003–2005Conquense79(33)
2005–2006Leganés30(9)
2006–2008Reus
Teams managed
2008–2009Reus (assistant)
2009–2013Reus
2013Gimnàstic
2014Llagostera
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Santiago 'Santi' Castillejo Castillejo (born 5 September 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager.

He was the all-time scoring leader in Segunda División B, with 184 goals in representation of seven clubs.[1] His La Liga input consisted of 11 games, with Osasuna.

After retiring in 2008, Castillejo worked as a manager.

Playing career

Born in Valtierra, Castillejo started his football career with local CA Osasuna, being mainly associated with the B-team and scoring 20 Segunda División B goals with the side in the 1992–93 season.[1] He made his La Liga debut with the main squad on 14 March 1993, appearing as a late substitute in a 1–0 home win against Real Zaragoza, and featured in just ten games in his only full campaign, which ended in relegation; he was also loaned to Deportivo Alavés during his spell.

Released by the Navarrese in the 1996 summer Castillejo resumed his career in Segunda División but also in the third level, with CD Numancia, CD Castellón, Gimnàstic de Tarragona –[2] he netted 21 times as the club achievied promotion to division two in 2001, best in Group III, second overall – UB Conquense, CD Leganés and CF Reus Deportiu, retiring in 2008 at the age of 37.

Managerial career

Immediately after retiring Castillejo started working as a manager, initially being an assistant with Reus in Tercera División. He was appointed head coach for 2009–10, leading the team to promotion in his second season.[3][4]

In late May 2013 Castillejo agreed on a return to former club Gimnàstic, being appointed for the 2013–14 campaign.[5][6] On 4 November, he was relieved of his duties.[7]

On 26 June 2014 Castillejo took the reins of UE Llagostera, freshly promoted to the second level.[8] He was sacked on 21 October, after leaving the club in the relegation places.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Santi Castillejo, máximo goleador histórico de la Segunda B con 184 dianas" [Santi Castillejo, top historic goalscorer in Segunda B with 184 successful strikes] (in Spanish). Gara. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Castillejo, nuevo 'crack' del Nàstic" [Castillejo, new Nàstic 'star'] (PDF) (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 21 June 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Reus, Manacor, Villanueva y Olimpic suben a Segunda B" [Reus, Manacor, Villanueva and Olimpic promote to Segunda B] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Santi Castillejo da por cerrado el tema de fichajes" [Santi Castillejo closes roster discussion] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Gimnàstic, Castillejo sería el nuevo entrenador" [Gimnàstic, Castillejo poised as new manager] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Santi Castillejo, nou entrenador del Nàstic" [Santi Castillejo, new Nàstic manager] (in Catalan). La Jornada. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Vicente Moreno substitueix Santi Castillejo a la banqueta (Vicente Moreno replaces Santi Castillejo on the bench); Gimnàstic's official website, 4 November 2013 (Catalan)
  8. ↑ Santi Castillejo i Gerard Escoda 'aterren' a Llagostera (Santi Castillejo and Gerard Escoda 'land' in Llagostera); Llagostera's official website, 26 June 2014 (Catalan)
  9. ↑ Santi Castillejo, destituido como técnico del Llagostera (Santi Castillejo, sacked as Llagostera's manager); Diario AS, 21 October 2014 (Spanish)

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