Jandro (footballer, born 1979)

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Jandro
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Castro Fernández
Date of birth (1979-02-27) 27 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Mieres, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Valencia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2001 Valencia B 133 (50)
1999–2002 Valencia 3 (0)
2000Numancia (loan) 0 (0)
2002–2005 Celta 51 (14)
2003Albacete (loan) 21 (7)
2005–2007 Alavés 63 (3)
2007–2009 Gimnàstic 67 (12)
2009–2010 Elche 9 (3)
2010–2015 Girona 168 (36)
2015 Huracán 18 (2)
2016 Cádiz 15 (1)
2016–2017 Olímpic Xàtiva 34 (9)
2017–2019 La Nucía 70 (6)
Total652(143)
International career
1998 Spain U18 1 (1)
1998 Spain U20 3 (0)
Managerial career
2021–2022 Acero
2022–2023 Villarreal C
2023–2024 Amorebieta
2024–2025 Cartagena
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alejandro Castro Fernández (born 27 February 1979), known as Jandro, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently a manager.

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He appeared in 331 Segunda División matches over 11 seasons, scoring a total of 73 goals for Celta, Albacete, Alavés, Gimnàstic, Elche and Girona. In La Liga, other than the first and the third clubs, he also played with Valencia.

Playing career

Jandro was born in Mieres, Asturias. A product of Valencia CF's youth system, he played three times for the first team in a three-year span (with a stint at CD Numancia in between, where he did not appear). Subsequently, he had another La Liga spell with RC Celta de Vigo, featuring sparingly over two seasons and also serving a loan. [1] [2]

After helping Celta regain their top-flight status in 2005, scoring 12 league goals, Jandro moved to Deportivo Alavés also of the top division, [3] [4] being immediately relegated. He signed with Gimnàstic de Tarragona in summer 2007 [5] and, after two Segunda División seasons with the Catalans as first choice, continued in that tier as he joined Elche CF on a two-year contract. [6]

On 11 March 2010, after appearing rarely for the club – but netting three times – Jandro was released by mutual consent. [7] In late July he signed with another side in division two, Girona FC, [8] and scored 11 goals while playing all 42 games (38 starts, nearly 3,500 minutes of action) in his first season, with his team eventually ranking 11th. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

On 25 August 2012, Jandro was named Player of the match as Girona won 5–1 away against CD Guadalajara, scoring once and providing two assists. [20]

Coaching career

On 6 July 2021, Jandro was named manager of Tercera División RFEF side CD Acero. [21] The following 18 May, after narrowly missing out on promotion in the play-offs, he left. [22]

In June 2022, Jandro was appointed at Villarreal CF's C team also in the fifth tier. [23] He agreed to have his contract terminated on 13 December 2023, in order to take over second-division SD Amorebieta. [24] [25] On his professional debut four days later, his side drew 1–1 at home against Real Zaragoza. [26]

Jandro left Amorebieta on 5 June 2024, after suffering relegation. [27] On 25 September, he replaced Abelardo Fernández at the helm of FC Cartagena in the same league, [28] [29] being dismissed the following 12 January. [30]

Managerial statistics

As of 11 January 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecordRef
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Acero Flag of Spain.svg 6 July 202118 May 202237188113629+7048.65 [31]
Villarreal C Flag of Spain.svg 16 June 202213 December 2023431411185056−6032.56 [32]
Amorebieta Flag of Spain.svg 13 December 20235 June 2024248792329−6033.33 [33]
Cartagena Flag of Spain.svg 25 September 202412 January 20251953111328−15026.32
Total123452949122142−20036.59

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References

  1. Ficha de Jandro Castro (Jandro Castro profile); at CiberChe (in Spanish)
  2. Jandro; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 4 April 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. El Alavés presenta a Jandro y anuncia la continuidad de Cos (Alavés present Jandro and announce Cos will remain); El País, 27 June 2005 (in Spanish)
  4. Llegan fichajes bonitos y baratos (Pretty and cheap signings arrive); Mundo Deportivo, 12 July 2005 (in Spanish)
  5. Jandro ya puede vestir de grana (Jandro can finally wear his grana shirt); Mundo Deportivo, 8 August 2007 (in Spanish)
  6. El Elche se hace con los servicios de Jandro (Elche get Jandro's services); Marca, 13 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  7. Jandro deja de pertenecer al Elche (Jandro no longer belongs to Elche) Archived 20 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine ; Elche CF, 10 March 2010 (in Spanish)
  8. Jandro, presentado en Girona (Jandro, presented in Girona); Mundo Deportivo, 28 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. El Girona se da un festín con un triunfo ante un candidato al ascenso (Girona throw a feast with win against promotion candidate); Marca, 28 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  10. El Granada ya le ha tomado la medida a esta categoría (Granada get accustomed to this category); Marca, 3 October 2010 (in Spanish)
  11. La figura de Jandro pone fin a la mala racha del Girona (Stellar Jandro ends Girona's negative streak); Marca, 23 October 2010 (in Spanish)
  12. Un penalti en el añadido impide el triunfo de la UD (Injury-time penalty prevents UD's win); Marca, 13 November 2010 (in Spanish)
  13. Toché salva un punto a seis minutos del final (Toché rescues point six minutes from time); Diario AS, 2 January 2011 (in Spanish)
  14. Girona 2–1 Nàstic; Gimnàstic Tarragona, 5 February 2011 (in Spanish)
  15. 0–1: Jandro da la victoria al Girona en tiempo añadido (0–1: Jandro gives win to Girona in injury time); Mundo Deportivo, 12 February 2011 (in Spanish)
  16. El Girona vence al Alcorcón (3–1) con un gran Despotovic (Girona beat Alcorcón (3–1) with great Despotovic); Europa Press, 18 February 2011 (in Spanish)
  17. El Girona tiene un tridente para soñar con los 'playoffs' (Girona have trio to dream of playoffs); Marca, 22 February 2011 (in Spanish)
  18. El Girona mantiene su racha y trunca la del Villarreal B (Girona continue streak and end Villarreal B's); Marca, 26 February 2011 (in Spanish)
  19. El tridente del Girona acaba con un Albacete a la deriva (Girona trio ends drifting Albacete); Marca, 26 March 2011 (in Spanish)
  20. Jandro reescribe la historia ante el Guadalajara (Jandro rewrites history against Guadalajara); Marca, 25 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  21. "Un exjugador de Primera División será el entrenador del CD Acero" [A former Primera División player will be the manager of CD Acero] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  22. "Jandro resuelve su futuro tras triunfar en el CD Acero" [Jandro solves his future after triumphing at CD Acero] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  23. "Movimiento en los banquillos de la cantera del Villarreal" [Movement on the benches of Villarreal's youth system] (in Spanish). Super Deporte. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  24. "Jandro Castro leaves Villarreal C". Villarreal CF. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  25. "Jandro Castro, nuevo entrenador de los azules" [Jandro Castro, new manager of the blues] (in Spanish). SD Amorebieta. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  26. "El Amorebieta se queda corto ante el Zaragoza" [Amorebieta come up short against Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Deia. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  27. "Jandro Castro no seguirá al frente del banquillo de los azules" [Jandro Castro will not remain in blues bench] (in Spanish). SD Amorebieta. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  28. "Jandro, nuevo entrenador del FC Cartagena" [Jandro, new manager of FC Cartagena] (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  29. "Jandro Castro sustituye a Abelardo en el banquillo del Cartagena" [Jandro Castro replaces Abelardo in bench of Cartagena] (in Spanish). Relevo. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  30. "Jandro deja de ser entrenador del FC Cartagena" [Jandro ceases to be the manager of FC Cartagena] (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  31. "CD Acero" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  32. "Villarreal C" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  33. "Matches Jandro, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol.