Dani Castellano

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Dani Castellano
Personal information
Full name Daniel Castellano Betancor
Date of birth (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, left-back
Team information
Current team
Tamaraceite
Youth career
Las Palmas
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 Las Palmas B 33 (5)
2007 Las Palmas 1 (0)
2008–2011 Mallorca B 46 (5)
2009–2011 Mallorca 0 (0)
2009Alavés (loan) 7 (0)
2011Ceuta (loan) 14 (3)
2011–2021 Las Palmas 204 (0)
2021–2022 Atromitos 31 (0)
2023– Tamaraceite 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:17, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Daniel 'Dani' Castellano Betancor (born 2 November 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or a left-back for UD Tamaraceite.

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Club career

Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Castellano graduated from UD Las Palmas' youth setup, and made his senior debut with the reserves in 2006, in Tercera División. On 15 December 2007 he appeared in his first game as a professional, starting in a 3–1 away loss against Polideportivo Ejido in the Segunda División. [1]

On 31 January 2008, Castellano moved to another reserve team, RCD Mallorca B also in the fourth tier. [2] He first appeared with the main squad on 8 January of the following year, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 home win over UD Almería in the Copa del Rey. [3] Eight days later, he was loaned to Segunda División B club Deportivo Alavés until June. [4]

After another loan stint at AD Ceuta, [5] Castellano terminated his contract with the Balearic Islands side in June 2011. Late in the month, he returned to his first club Las Palmas after agreeing to a three-year deal. [6]

Castellano played 12 games in the 2014–15 campaign, helping to a return to La Liga after 13 years. He made his debut in the competition on 22 August 2015, starting and featuring 80 minutes in a 1–0 defeat at Atlético Madrid. [7]

Personal life

Castellano's twin brother, Javier, is also a footballer and a midfielder. He too represented Las Palmas. [8]

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References

  1. "El Poli Ejido golea a su rival por la permanencia" [Poli Ejido thrash rivals for survival]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 December 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. "El Mallorca ficha a los gemelos Castellano de Las Palmas" [Mallorca sign the Castellano twins from Las Palmas] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. "El Mallorca golea al Almería y encarrila su pase a los cuartos de la Copa (3–1)" [Mallorca rout Almería and are all but qualified to Cup's last-eight (3–1)]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 8 January 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. "El interior Castellano (Mallorca) llega al Alavés como cedido" [Winger Castellano (Mallorca) arrives at Alavés on loan] (in Spanish). RTVC. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  5. "El Real Mallorca cede al delantero Dani Castellano al AD Ceuta de Segunda B" [Real Mallorca loan forward Dani Castellano to AD Ceuta from Segunda B] (in Spanish). RTVC. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  6. "Javi y Dani Castellano ya son jugadores amarillos hasta el año 2014" [Javi and Dani Castellano are already yellow players until 2014]. Canarias7 (in Spanish). 29 June 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  7. Malagón, Manuel (22 August 2015). "Al Atlético le falta" [Atlético lack something]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  8. Sánchez, Naré (3 February 2012). "Las Palmas presume de una pareja de gemelos" [Las Palmas boast of set of twins]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2015.