Alexander Castro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexánder Castro Trejos | ||
| Date of birth | February 14, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Golfito, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2005 | Alajuelense | 96 | (3) |
| 2005–2007 | Cartaginés | 52 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Herediano | 13 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Ramonense | 18 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Herediano | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2005 | Costa Rica | 22 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 2011. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 2009 | |||
Alexánder Castro Trejos (born February 14, 1979) is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer.
Club career
Castro made his league debut for Alajuelense on 7 February 1999 against Municipal Goicoechea, also immediately scoring a goal in the match,[1] and played for Herediano, whom he joined for a second spell in August 2010,[2] Cartaginés and Ramonense[3] in the Primera División de Costa Rica.
In December 2011, Castro began legal proceedings against Herediano, claiming the club owed him money after they did not honor his contract until 2013.[4]
International career
Castro played for Costa Rica at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria.[5]
Castro made 23 appearances for the Costa Rica national football team, including two qualifying matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[5] He made his debut in a UNCAF Nations Cup 2001 match against Belize on June 23, 2001.[6] He made two appearances for Costa Rica at the Copa América 2004[7] and five appearances at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8]
His final international was a February 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup match against El Salvador.
References
- ↑ Alexánder vive su momento - Nación (in Spanish)
- ↑ Alexander Castro se viste de rojiamarillo - Al Día (in Spanish)
- ↑ ADR cambia su estilo para la nueva temporada - Ramonense
- ↑ Alexander Castro pide el embargo del Herediano - Nación (in Spanish)
- 1 2 Alexander Castro – FIFA competition record
- ↑ "Costa Rica - Details International Matches 1993-2003". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ↑ "Copa América 2004". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ↑ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
External links
- Alexander Castro at National-Football-Teams.com
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