Alfredo Castro (footballer)

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Alfredo
Personal information
Full name Alfredo da Silva Castro
Date of birth (1962-10-05) 5 October 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Vila do Conde, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1978–1981 Rio Ave
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1984 Rio Ave 56 (0)
1984–1998 Boavista 253 (0)
Total309(0)
International career
1994–1996 Portugal 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfredo da Silva Castro (born 5 October 1962), known simply as Alfredo, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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He appeared in 309 Primeira Liga matches over 17 seasons, representing Rio Ave and Boavista. [1]

Club career

Alfredo was born in Vila do Conde. After emerging through the youth system of hometown's Rio Ave F.C. he went on to represent Boavista FC, being an undisputed starter at the latter for more than a Primeira Liga decade. [2]

Following his retirement in 1998 aged 35, Alfredo served as goalkeeping coach for his last club as it won its only national championship in the 2000–01 season. [3] During his playing spell with the Porto side he added four other major titles in the 90s, two Taça de Portugal and as many Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. [4]

In the 2009–10 campaign, shortly after leaving Boavista, Alfredo returned to his first team Rio Ave, again being in charge of their goalkeepers. He also worked in that capacity with CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu from Romania. [5]

International career

Alfredo earned three caps for Portugal in two years, [6] and was in roster for the UEFA Euro 1996 tournament. [7]

Honours

Boavista

References

  1. ↑ Mendes, António (9 April 2020). "Paulo Sousa é o melhor defesa direito da história do Boavista" [Paulo Sousa is the best right-back in the history of Boavista]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "O melhor guarda-redes de sempre do Boavista Futebol Clube é o vilacondense Alfredo Castro" [Boavista Futebol Clube's best goalkeeper of all time is Vila do Conde-born Alfredo Castro]. Jornal Renovação (in Portuguese). 9 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Cunha, Pedro Jorge (18 May 2021). "20 anos do Boavistão: «Vale sete ou oito títulos de um grande»" [20th anniversary of Big Boavista: "It is worth the same as seven or eight titles by a giant"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Alfredo Castro: «Justificar a tradição»" [Alfredo Castro: "Justifying the tradition"]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Pandurii şi-au prezentat oficial noile achiziţii cât şi staff-ul tehnic" [Pandurii officially presented their new acquisitions as well as the technical staff]. Ziarul Gorjului (in Romanian). 6 February 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Hodgson, Guy (1 June 1996). "The rising force in Europe counting on their foreign legion; CHAMPIONSHIP COUNTDOWN: No 9 Portugal" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Histórico da Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira" [Supercup Cândido de Oliveira all-time record](PDF) (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
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