José Alfredo Castillo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castillo and the second or maternal family name is Parada.

José Alfredo Castillo Parada (born February 9, 1983) is a Bolivian former football attacker.^[2]

José Alfredo Castillo

Personal information
Full name	José Alfredo Castillo Parada
Date of birth	(1983-02-09) February 9, 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1991–2000	Academia Tahuichi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Oriente Petrolero	111	(92)
2002–2004	Tecos	32	(13)
2004	→ Bolívar (loan)	13	(8)
2004–2009	Tecos	24	(5)
2006	→ Rosario Central (loan)	3	(0)
2006	Tecos A	10	(2)
2007	→ Oriente Petrolero (loan)	16	(4)
2007	→ O'Higgins (loan)	15	(0)
2008	→ Bolívar (loan)	2	(1)
2008	→ Atlético Mineiro (loan)	20	(3)
2009	→ Oriente Petrolero (loan)	7	(3)
2009	→ South China (loan)	0	(0)
2010	→ Blooming (loan)	44	(26)
2011	Tecos	6	(0)
2011–2012	→ Bolívar (loan)	16	(2)
2012–2013	Oriente Petrolero	18	(5)
2013–2014	Guabirá	41	(17)
2014–2015	Sport Boys Warnes	27	(10)
2015–2016	Oriente Petrolero	25	(5)
2016–2017	Guabirá	18	(13)
2017	Sport Boys Warnes	15	(8)
2017–2018	Guabirá	60	(34)
2019–2021	Oriente Petrolero	76	(31)
2022	Real Santa Cruz	2	(0)
2022	Wilstermann	12	(1)
2023	Libertad Gran Mamoré	5	(0)
2023	Oriente Petrolero	4	(0)
International career
2001	Bolivia U20	3	(2)
2001–2011	Bolivia	24	(6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

In 1991, he enrolled in the Tahuichi academy.^[3]

In 2002, he scored 42 league goals for Oriente Petrolero, and RSSSF indicated he was the highest league goalscorer in the world that year.^[4]

Abroad, Castillo played for Tecos in Mexico, Rosario Central in Argentina, O'Higgins in Chile, Atlético Mineiro in Brazil^[5] and South China in Hong Kong.^[6]

His last clubs were Libertad Gran Mamoré^[7] and Oriente Petrolero in 2023.^[8] According to the IFFHS, he was the highest goalscoring Bolivian player in top divisions in the 21st century (293), and the fifth-highest South American, only behind players like Luis Suárez (409) and Lionel Messi (518).^[9]

International career

Castillo has been capped for the Bolivia national team 24 times, scoring a total of 6 goals in international competitions.^[10]