Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Castro Fernández | ||
Date of birth | 27 February 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Mieres, Spain | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Valencia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2001 | Valencia B | 133 | (50) |
1999–2002 | Valencia | 3 | (0) |
2000 | → Numancia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2002–2005 | Celta | 51 | (14) |
2003 | → Albacete (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) |
Total | 652 | (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.
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.
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]
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]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Acero | ![]() | 6 July 2021 | 18 May 2022 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 48.65 | [31] |
Villarreal C | ![]() | 16 June 2022 | 13 December 2023 | 43 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 32.56 | [32] |
Amorebieta | ![]() | 13 December 2023 | 5 June 2024 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 33.33 | [33] |
Cartagena | ![]() | 25 September 2024 | 12 January 2025 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 26.32 | |
Total | 123 | 45 | 29 | 49 | 122 | 142 | −20 | 36.59 | — |
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