Cristóbal Castillo
Personal information
Full name Cristóbal Alonso Castillo Espinaza
Date of birth (2003-02-04) 4 February 2003
Place of birth Machalí, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 O'Higgins
Number 2
Youth career
2013–2021 O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– O'Higgins 19 (0)
International career‡
2021–2023 Chile U20 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2023

Cristóbal Alonso Castillo Espinaza (born 4 February 2003) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División side O'Higgins.

Club career

Born in Machalí, Castillo came to O'Higgins F.C. at the age of 10. He became the team captain of the under-13 level, winning the 2016 Youth Football National Championship.[1] He made his professional debut in the 2021 Primera División match against Everton de Viña del Mar on March 27.[2]

International career

He represented Chile U20 at the friendly tournament Copa Rául Coloma Rivas,[3] playing all the matches, and at three friendly matches against Paraguay U20[4][5] and Peru U20 on 2022.[6] In September 2022, he made 3 appearances in the Costa Cálida Supercup.[7] In the 2022 South American Games, he made 3 appearances.[8] In 2023, he made three appearances in the South American U20 Championship.

References

  1. ↑ "Gran debut de Cristóbal Castillo" (in Spanish). O'Higgins F.C. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Cristóbal Castillo cumplió en su estreno en Primera". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). 29 March 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. ↑ González, Christian (3 December 2021). "Nómina de la Selección Chilena Masculina Sub 20 para el torneo Raúl Coloma Rivas". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "La Roja Sub 20 cayó en su primer amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ↑ González, Christián (8 April 2022). "La Roja Sub 20 no pudo en su segundo amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "La Roja Sub 20 supera a Perú en Lima". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "La Roja Sub-20 tiene nómina para la Costa Cálida Supercup en España". TNT Sports (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Cristobal Alonso Castillo Espinaza" (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.


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