Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Manuel Castro Cáceres | ||
Date of birth | 27 September 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Durazno, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger [2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Juárez | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Montevideo Wanderers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2014–2019 | Montevideo Wanderers | 76 | (17) |
2019–2022 | Estudiantes | 63 | (9) |
2020 | → Atlanta United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2023– | Juárez | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:25, 29 March 2022 (UTC) |
Luis Manuel Castro Cáceres (born 27 September 1995) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Liga MX club Juárez. [1]
Castro's career started in his homeland with Montevideo Wanderers, manager Alfredo Arias promoted the midfielder into his first-team squad during the 2014–15 Uruguayan Primera División season. [1] [3] Having been an unused substitute for matches with El Tanque Sisley, Rampla Juniors and Tacuarembó, Castro made his first professional appearance in a 1–0 loss away to Sud América on 6 December 2014. [1] That was his sole appearance that season, with just two more coming in 2015–16. [1] Castro featured fifteen times in the next campaign, whilst scoring his first three senior goals; including his opener over Nacional in September 2016. [1]
In total, Castro appeared in eighty-seven matches for Montevideo Wanderers across five years, a spell in which he netted seventeen goals; notably eleven of which came in 2018, which was his last season with the club. [1] On 4 January 2019, Castro joined Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes; signing a three-year contract. [1] [4] [5] After debuting in a home loss to Vélez Sarsfield on 28 January, he netted his first goal on 18 February against Argentinos Juniors. [1] Further goals versus Talleres and, in the Copa Argentina, Sarmiento occurred across thirty total appearances in his first twelve months with Estudiantes. [1]
Midway through Castro's second season with Estudiantes he joined Major League Soccer's Atlanta United on a six-month loan, with an option for the club to extend the deal for the rest of the season. [6] He made his debut in the CONCACAF Champions League on 11 March as Atlanta lost 3–0 at the Estadio Azteca to América. [1] The club, during the season's delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, exercised their loan extension option on 29 June. [7] After three appearances in the MLS is Back Tournament, Castro made his regular season bow in a win over Orlando City on 29 August. [1] His loan ended on 24 November, after the winger had appeared eleven times; though just three were as a starter. [1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Montevideo Wanderers | 2014–15 | Uruguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
2016 | 15 | 3 | — | — | 5 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||||
2017 | 25 | 3 | — | — | 4 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||||
2018 | 33 | 11 | — | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 | ||||
Total | 76 | 17 | — | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 17 | ||||
Estudiantes | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
2019–20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
2020–21 [nb 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |||
Atlanta United (loan) | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Career total | 109 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 20 |