Israel Castro (footballer, born 1975)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | April 11, 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Curitiba, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1999 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
2000–2001 | Juventus-SP | ||
2000 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
2002 | Imortal | ||
2002–2004 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
2005 | Portuguesa | ||
2005–2006 | Chalatenango | ||
2006 | Combate Barreirinha | ||
2006 | San Salvador | ||
2007 | Once Municipal | ||
2007 | CESP | ||
2008 | TCW | ||
2009 | Vila Fanny | ||
National team‡ | |||
1997–1998 | El Salvador | 13 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 February 2011 |
Israel Castro Franco (born April 11, 1975) is a former professional football player who played as a striker. Born in Brazil, he represented the El Salvador national team.
Club career
Castro spent the majority of his career in his adopted homeland El Salvador, mostly twice at Luis Ángel Firpo. He also played in his native Brazil and for a short period of time with the Portuguese lower league outfit Imortal Albufeira.
International career
Castro became a Salvadoran citizen in 1996. He made his debut for El Salvador in an August 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 3 goals. He thus participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup campaign, playing 4 matches in the process,[1] under the popular Serbian coach Milovan Đorić and represented his country at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[2]
His final international was a November 1998 friendly match against Honduras.
International goals
- Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 January 1998 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | ![]() |
2-0 | 2-0 | Friendly match |
2 | 29 January 1998 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | ![]() |
1-1 | 1-1 | Friendly match |
3 | 18 November 1998 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA | ![]() |
1-1 | 2-1 | Hurricane Relief Tournament |
Titles
Season | Team | Title |
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2000 | Clube Atlético Paranaense | Campeonato Paranaense |
1997-98 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | Primera División de Fútbol Profesional |
References
- ^ Israel Castro – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details Archived 2009-06-10 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
External links
- Israel Castro at National-Football-Teams.com
- FIFA player ID not in Wikidata
- Webarchive template wayback links
- Articles without Wikidata item
- NFT template with ID not in Wikidata
- Pages using national squad without sport or team link
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Curitiba
- Salvadoran footballers
- El Salvador international footballers
- Brazilian footballers
- Salvadoran people of Brazilian descent
- Brazilian emigrants to El Salvador
- Naturalized citizens of El Salvador
- Association football forwards
- 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Salvadoran expatriate footballers
- C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers
- Clube Atlético Juventus players
- Club Athletico Paranaense players
- Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) players
- C.D. Chalatenango footballers
- San Salvador F.C. footballers
- Once Municipal footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Imortal D.C. players
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- Salvadoran football biography stubs