Alessio Castro-Montes

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Alessio Castro-Montes
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Castro-Montes playing for Eupen
Personal information
Full name Alessio Daniel Castro-Montes [1]
Date of birth (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Tongeren, Belgium
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Union SG
Number 21
Youth career
Gelmen V.V.
Standard Liège
Anderlecht
Sint-Truidense
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Sint-Truidense 1 (0)
2017–2019 Eupen 36 (2)
2019–2023 Gent 125 (14)
2023– Union SG 24 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024

Alessio Daniel Castro-Montes (born 17 May 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Union SG. [2]

Contents

Career

He started his football career at Gelmen V.V. under the coaching of his father, where also his three year older brother played. He was soon noticed by a scout from Standard Liège and shortly after moved to the club where he played for seven years. He later moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht. [3]

On 17 June 2019, Eupen announced that they had sold Castro-Montes to K.A.A. Gent. [4]

On 1 September 2023, Castro-Montes signed a three-year contract with Union SG. [5]

Personal life

Castro-Montes was born in Belgium to a Spanish father and a Belgian mother. [6]

Career statistics

As of 29 July 2021 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sint-Truiden 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 0000–1 [lower-alpha 2] 010
Eupen 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 7010–7 [lower-alpha 2] 0150
2018–19 13120–9 [lower-alpha 2] 1242
Total20130–161392
Gent 2019–20 Belgian First Division A212208 [lower-alpha 3] 0–312
2020–21 316209 [lower-alpha 4] 06 [lower-alpha 2] 1487
2021–22 2945113 [lower-alpha 5] 06 [lower-alpha 2] 0535
2022–23 2613011 [lower-alpha 6] 06 [lower-alpha 7] 0461
2023–24 10003 [lower-alpha 5] 00040
Total1081312144018118215
Career total1281415144035222217
  1. ↑ Includes Belgian Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in play-off
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  6. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, nine appearances in UEFA Conference League
  7. ↑ Five appearances in play-off, one appearance in Belgian Super Cup

Honours

Gent

Union Saint-Gilloise

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References

  1. ↑ "Player profile".
  2. 1 2 Alessio Castro-Montes at Soccerway
  3. ↑ EXCL. PORTRET: CASTRO MONTES NU WEL KLAAR VOOR BELGISCHE TOPCLUB, voetbalbelgie.be, 7 June 2019
  4. ↑ Alessio Castro-Montes wechselt von der KAS Eupen zu KAA Gent Archived 2019-06-24 at the Wayback Machine , as-eupen.be, 17 June 2019
  5. ↑ "Alessio Castro-Montes joins Union". Union SG. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  6. ↑ DH.be. "Alessio Castro Montes : "Je voulais un sacre chez les jeunes"".
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