Pepe Castaño
Personal information
Full name José Castaño Muñoz
Date of birth (1998-12-10) 10 December 1998
Place of birth Arcos de la Frontera, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Asteras Tripolis
Number 19
Youth career
Xerez
Cádiz
2015–2017 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Cádiz B 16 (0)
2015 Cádiz 1 (0)
2016–2018 Villarreal C 44 (3)
2018–2020 Villarreal B 34 (1)
2019 Villarreal 0 (0)
2020– Asteras Tripolis 92 (1)
International career
2015 Spain U17 1 (0)
2016 Spain U18 2 (0)
2016–2017 Spain U19 2 (0)
2016 Spain U20 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2024

José "Pepe" Castaño Muñoz (born 10 December 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Greek Super League club Asteras Tripolis.

Club career

Born in Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalusia, Castaño represented Xerez CD and Cádiz CF as a youth.[1] On 17 May 2015, after already making his senior debut for the latter's reserves, he made his first team debut by starting in a 0–3 Segunda División B away loss against Arroyo CP; at the age of 16 years, 5 months and 7 days, he became the youngest player ever to debut for the club.[2]

On 22 July 2015, Castaño moved to Villarreal CF and returned to youth football.[3] He was promoted to the C-team the following year, and reached the B-side in 2018.[4]

Castaño made his professional debut on 17 January 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 loss at RCD Espanyol, for the season's Copa del Rey.[5] On 25 August of the following year, he moved abroad after agreeing to a deal with Super League Greece side Asteras Tripolis FC.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Pepe Castaño, amarillo oro" [Pepe Castaño, golden yellow] (in Spanish). Diario de Cádiz. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Pepe Castaño, el canterano más joven en debutar" [Pepe Castaño, the youngest youth graduate to debut] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "El Cádiz y el Villarreal acuerdan el traspaso de Pepe Castaño" [Cádiz and Villarreal agree the transfer of Pepe Castaño] (in Spanish). O Cádiz Digital. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "El arcense Pepe Castaño inicia la pretemporada con el Villarreal B" [Arcense Pepe Castaño starts the pre-season with Villarreal B] (in Spanish). La Cantera Cádiz. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Con Borja Iglesias a cuartos" [With Borja Iglesias to the quarterfinals] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Pepe Castaño, transferred to Asteras Tripolis". Villarreal CF. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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