Gonzalo Castro
Gonzalo Castro Randón (born 11 June 1987) is a German footballer[2] of Spanish origin who plays for VfB Stuttgart as a midfielder.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Gonzalo Castro Randón | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 11 June 1987 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wuppertal, West Germany | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart | |||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Post SV Wuppertal | ||||||||||||||||
Viktoria Rott | ||||||||||||||||
–1999 | Bayer Wuppertal | |||||||||||||||
1999–2005 | Bayer Leverkusen | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2004–2015 | Bayer Leverkusen | 286 | (25) | |||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Borussia Dortmund | 72 | (6) | |||||||||||||
2018– | VfB Stuttgart | 48 | (4) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2005 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Germany U21 | 21 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2007 | Germany | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:31, 28 May 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2017 |
Career
Bayer Leverkusen
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Born in Wuppertal to Spanish parents, he began his career with Post SV Wuppertal. Other clubs during his youth were Viktoria Rott and SV Bayer Wuppertal. In 1999, he moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. At 17, he played his first game for the Leverkusen senior team in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League.[3] In his first year, he played the last 13 matches of the season. He played 21 times in the 2005–06 season as a substitute. From 2006, Castro moved from midfield to the back four of Leverkusen and played with solid performances in the starting eleven. For four years in a row he largely held his place. Only in the 2010–11 season, he saw his place on the right side of defence contested by Daniel Schwaab. Since the 2012–13 season, Castro has again played in midfield.
Castro trained as a sports and fitness administrator at Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Borussia Dortmund
On 24 May 2015, it was announced that Castro would join Borussia Dortmund after a transfer release clause of 11 million was met, signing a four-year deal.[4] On 28 October, Castro scored a brace in a 7–1 win against Paderborn in the second round of the DFB-Pokal. On 29 November, Castro scored his first league goal for Dortmund in a 4–1 win over VfB Stuttgart.[5] On 20 April 2016, he was one of three goalscorers as Borussia won 3–0 away at Hertha BSC in the semi-final of the same competition to reach the 2016 DFB-Pokal Final.[6] In March 2017, the club extended his contract until 30 June 2020.[7]
VfB Stuttgart
On 29 June 2018, Castro signed a three-year-contract with VfB Stuttgart, enabling him to join the club on 1 July 2018.[8]
International career
In his youth, Castro was invited by the Spanish Football Federation to several courses.[9] He played a single match for a Spanish junior selection and chose at the age of 18 to play for the German Football Association.[10][11] Castro has played for the German national U-21 team at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.[12] After three test caps at the beginning of 2006, Castro gained a place in the German squad for the finals of the U-21 European Championship 2006 in Portugal. There he delivered solid performances. His biggest footballing success was winning the U-21 Championship 2009 in Sweden under coach Horst Hrubesch. In a 4–0 victory in the final against England, Castro scored the first goal in the 23rd minute.
In the European Championship qualifier against the Czech Republic on 24 March 2007, Castro was called up to the senior squad for the first time and four days later, he made his debut against Denmark. This was followed by four more international appearances. Since then, Castro has never featured in the national squad.[3]
Career statistics
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- As of 28 May 2020
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other1 | Total | Ref. | ||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | [13] |
2005–06 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | [14] | ||
2006–07 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | [14] | ||
2007–08 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 45 | 1 | [15] | |||
2008–09 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | [16] | |||||
2009–10 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | [17] | ||||||
2010–11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 6 | [18] | ||||
2011–12 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 2 | [19] | ||||
2012–13 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 8 | [20] | ||||
2013–14 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 5 | [21] | ||||
2014–15 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 2 | [22] | ||||
Totals | 286 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 370 | 30 | — | ||
Bayer Leverkusen II | 2005–06 | Regionalliga Nord | 10 | 3 | — | — | 10 | 3 | [14] | ||||
Borussia Dortmund | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 25 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 41 | 7 | [23] | ||
2016–17 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 4 | [24] | ||
2017–18 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | [25] | ||
Total | 72 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 12 | — | ||
VfB Stuttgart | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | [26] | |
2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 26 | 2 | [27] | ||||
Total | 48 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 54 | 4 | — | |||
Career totals | 416 | 38 | 39 | 4 | 83 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 534 | 49 | — |
- 1.^ Includes DFB-Ligapokal, DFL-Supercup and Bundesliga relegation play-offs.
Honours
Club
- Bayer Leverkusen[28]
- DFB-Pokal: Runner-up 2008–09
- Bundesliga: Runner-up 2010–11
- Borussia Dortmund
Individual
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2015–16[30]
References
- https://www.bvb.de/eng/Teams/First-Team/Gonzalo-Castro
- Haslam, Andrew (14 June 2009). "Castro commits to nurture over nature". UEFA. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- "Gonzalo Castro profile". UEFA. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
- "LEVERKUSEN'S CASTRO AGREES MOVE TO DORTMUND". Bundesliga.com. 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- "Borussia Dortmund 4–1 Stuttgart". BBC Sport. 29 November 2015.
- "Marco Reus drives Borussia Dortmund past Hertha Berlin to German Cup final". Deutsche Welle. 20 April 2016.
- "Borussia Dortmund verlängert Vertrag mit Gonzalo Castro". bvb.de. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- "VfB sign Gonzalo Castro". VfB Stuttgart. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2005/m=3/news=blood-thicker-than-water-for-spanish-promise-castro-96758.html
- http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2009/06/13/mas_futbol/1244874431_850215.html
- http://www.sefutbol.com/en/today-its-catanhas-birthday-43-do-you-know-how-many-players-born-abroad-have-worn-spain-jersey
- "Castro entscheidet sich für Deutschland". Leverkusen.com. 10 November 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- "Gonzalo Castro". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- "G. Castro". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- Gartenschläger, Lars (6 June 2013). "Khedira, Özil, Neuer – Aufstieg der Euro-Helden" (in German). welt.de. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 20 May 2016.
External links
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