Santiago Castaño

Santiago Castaño
Personal information
Date of birthApril 14, 1995
Place of birthQueens, New York, United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
New York Red Bulls
Number24
Youth career
2008–2013New York Red Bulls
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–New York Red Bulls0(0)
2015New York Red Bulls II (loan)4(0)
National team
2014–United States U204(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 28, 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 19, 2014

Santiago Castaño (born April 14, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.

Career

Professional

Castaño playing for New York Red Bulls II

Santiago Castaño joined the Red Bulls Academy in September 2008 and played for New York’s U-14, U-15, U-16, and U-18 teams. He trained with the first team as an academy player before signing his first professional contract in 2012. During his first two years with the club he served as the teams third goalkeeper.

Castaño made his professional debut at the age of 19 playing for New York Red Bulls II, the affiliate of his team, on March 28, 2015 in a 0-0 draw against Rochester Rhinos.[1] [2]

International

Castaño has represented the United States at various youth levels, in 2014 he appeared in 4 matches for the United States men's national under-20 soccer team.

In December 2014 he accepted a call to join the Colombia national under-20 football team camp.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Santiago Castaño New York Red Bulls". newyorkredbulls.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  2. "Red Bulls II 0 Rochester Rhinos 0". newyorkredbulls.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. "New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Santiago Castaño spurns US U-20 national team to join Colombia instead". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.