Francisco Castro
Personal information
Full name Francisco Fernando Castro Gamboa
Date of birth (1990-09-04) September 4, 1990
Place of birth Talagante, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Iberia
Number 33
Youth career
2005–2009 Cobreloa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Cobreloa 36 (2)
2010–2016 Universidad de Chile 77 (15)
2013Unión Española (loan) 31 (4)
2014–2015Deportes Iquique (loan) 31 (6)
2016–2017 Deportes Antofagasta 11 (0)
2017 Barnechea 13 (3)
2018 Unión La Calera 11 (1)
2018 Cobresal 20 (2)
2019 Santiago Wanderers 11 (1)
2020 Barnechea 14 (2)
2021 Cobreloa 10 (1)
2021– Iberia 6 (3)
International career
2010 Chile 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2022

Francisco Fernando Castro Gamboa (born 4 September 1990 in Talagante, Chile) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Deportes Iberia in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile as a winger.[1]

Career

In 2009 Castro ascended to the first team of Cobreloa, after playing 4 years on the youth club.[2] On August 11, 2010 he signed with Universidad de Chile with a free agent after leaving Cobreloa on his own,[3] 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.[4] He scored his first goal with La U in a match against Unión San Felipe, for the 2011 Copa Chile. He was the top-scorer of La U in the 2011 Torneo de Clausura with 8 goals.

Honours

Club

Universidad de Chile
Unión Española

References

  1. @redgol (September 30, 2021). "Luis Fuentes y Francisco Castro dejan Cobreloa" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2021 via Twitter.
  2. "Nadie soltará el puesto así como así"
  3. Francisco Castro se autodespidió de Cobreloa
  4. Asunto resuelto: Francisco Castro será jugador de la 'U'
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