Francisco Castro (footballer, born 1990)

Francisco Castro
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Fernando Castro Gamboa
Date of birth	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
2009–2010	Cobreloa
2010–2016	Universidad de Chile
2013	→ Unión Española (loan)
2014–2015	→ Deportes Iquique (loan)
2016–2017	Deportes Antofagasta
2017	Barnechea
2018	Unión La Calera
2018	Cobresal
2019	Santiago Wanderers
2020	Barnechea
2021	Cobreloa
2021–	Iberia
International career
2010	Chile
	*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.

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