Federico Castro

Federico Gastón Castro (born 28 August 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Patronato.^[1]

Federico Castro

Personal information
Full name	Federico Gastón Castro
Date of birth	(1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position	Forward
Team information
Current team	Patronato
Number	7
Youth career
	Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	Deportivo Maipú	1	(0)
2012–2013	Cambaceres	20	(0)
2014	Defensores de Belgrano	13	(5)
2015–2016	Sarmiento	4	(0)
2016	→ Santamarina (loan)	19	(2)
2016–2018	Defensores de Belgrano	54	(13)
2018–2019	Independiente Rivadavia	27	(7)
2019	Palestino	6	(1)
2020	Curicó Unido	30	(10)
2021	Sol de América	10	(0)
2022–2023	Curicó Unido	50	(11)
2024	Independiente Rivadavia	8	(2)
2025–	Patronato	15	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:02, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Career

Castro started in Defensa y Justicia's youth, before moving to Deportivo Maipú who selected him for his senior bow on 21 October 2012 in a 4–1 victory over Juventud Unida Universitario.^[1][2] Months later, Castro went across Torneo Federal A to Cambaceres.^[3] Twenty appearances followed.^[3] A move to fellow third tier outfit Defensores de Belgrano was completed on 30 June 2014.^[1] He scored on his club debut, netting a winner over Alvarado on the way to five overall goals; including a brace over Talleres.^[1] In January 2015, Castro joined Primera División's Sarmiento.^[1] His pro league bow came months later versus Arsenal de Sarandí.^[4]

Having featured four times in the 2015 campaign for Sarmiento, they loaned him out in early 2016 to Santamarina of Primera B Nacional.^[1] He subsequently scored in matches against Instituto and Gimnasia y Esgrima as they finished thirteenth.^[1] Defensores de Belgrano resigned Castro ahead of the 2016–17 Torneo Federal A.^[1] Fifty-six fixtures and fourteen goals occurred across two seasons with them.^[1] On 30 June 2018, Castro signed with Independiente Rivadavia in Primera B Nacional.^[1][5] Twenty-seven total appearances and seven goals occurred, including two in the end of season promotion play-offs versus Nueva Chicago.^[1]

In July 2019, Castro went abroad after agreeing terms with Chilean Primera División side Palestino.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 8 August 2019.^[1][3]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Deportivo Maipú	2011–12	Torneo Argentino A	1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
Cambaceres	2012–13	Primera C Metropolitana	20	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	20	0
Defensores de Belgrano	2014	Torneo Federal A	13	5	3	2	—		—		0	0	16	7
Sarmiento	2015	Primera División	4	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	4	0
	2016		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	Total		4	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	4	0
Santamarina (loan)	2016	Primera B Nacional	19	2	0	0	—		—		0	0	19	2
Defensores de Belgrano	2016–17	Torneo Federal A	21	5	1	1	—		—		4[a]	1	26	7
	2017–18		24	6	1	0	—		—		5[a]	1	30	7
	Total		45	11	2	1	—		—		9	2	56	14
Independiente Rivadavia	2018–19	Primera B Nacional	23	5	1	0	—		—		4[b]	2	28	7
Palestino	2019	Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
Career total			125	23	6	3	—		—		13	4	144	30

1. Appearance(s) in the Torneo Federal A play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs