Facundo Castillón

Facundo Castillón
Personal information
Full name	Facundo Andrés Castillón
Date of birth	21 August 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger, forward
Youth career
	Argentino Rosario
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2006	Argentino Rosario
2006–2010	Tiro Federal
2010–2011	Olimpo
2011–2014	Godoy Cruz
2014–2019	Racing Club
2015	→ Banfield (loan)
2016	→ Gimnasia La Plata (loan)
2016–2017	→ Getafe (loan)
2017–2018	→ Lanús (loan)
2018–2019	→ Aldosivi (loan)
2019	Levadiakos
2020–2021	Nueva Chicago
2022	Atlético de Rafaela
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:07, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Facundo Andrés Castillón (born 21 August 1986) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a winger or forward.

Career

Early career

Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Castillón finished his formation with Argentino de Rosario. He made his senior debut for the club, appearing in Primera C.

In 2006 Castillón joined Tiro Federal, freshly relegated to Primera B Nacional. He was a regular starter for the club during the following four seasons, scoring a career-best five goals in the 2009–10 season.

On 7 July 2010, Castillón signed for Club Olimpo, newly promoted to Primera División.^[1] He made his debut in the category on 8 August, starting in a 1–2 away loss against Banfield.

On 31 July 2011, Castillón moved to Godoy Cruz also in the first division.^[2] He scored his first goal in the main category on 27 September, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 draw at Newell's Old Boys.

Racing Club

In August 2014, Castillón agreed to a contract with fellow league team Racing Club, for a 10 million pesos fee.^[3] He made his debut for the club 10 August, in a 3–1 win at Defensa y Justicia, and scored his first goal in a 2–0 home success over San Lorenzo seven days later.

After being rarely used during the 2015 campaign, Castillón was loaned to Banfield until the end of the year.^[4] He was subsequently loaned to Gimnasia La Plata and later to Spanish side Getafe.^[5]

Honours

Racing Club

Primera División: 2014

References

^ "Delantero Facundo Castillón nuevo refuerzo de Olimpo" [Forward Facundo Castillón new addition of Olimpo] (in Spanish). Terra. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "Cabrera y Castillón, las nuevas caras de Godoy Cruz" [Cabrera and Castillón, the new faces of Godoy Cruz] (in Spanish). La Nación. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "Facundo Castillón, a un paso de ser jugador de Racing: "Faltan detalles"" [Facundo Castillón, one step from being a Racing player: "Only details"] (in Spanish). La Nación. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "Castillón al Taladro" [Castillón to Taladro] (in Spanish). Olé. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "Facundo es el nuevo jugador del Getafe" [Facundo is the new player of Getafe] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

External links

Facundo Castillón at ESPN FC
Facundo Andres Castillon at BDFA (in Spanish)
Facundo Castillón at Soccerway

[1] "Delantero Facundo Castillón nuevo refuerzo de Olimpo" [Forward Facundo Castillón new addition of Olimpo] (in Spanish). Terra. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[2] "Cabrera y Castillón, las nuevas caras de Godoy Cruz" [Cabrera and Castillón, the new faces of Godoy Cruz] (in Spanish). La Nación. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[3] "Facundo Castillón, a un paso de ser jugador de Racing: "Faltan detalles"" [Facundo Castillón, one step from being a Racing player: "Only details"] (in Spanish). La Nación. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[4] "Castillón al Taladro" [Castillón to Taladro] (in Spanish). Olé. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[5] "Facundo es el nuevo jugador del Getafe" [Facundo is the new player of Getafe] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

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