Javier Castro (footballer, born 1991)

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Javier Castro
Personal information
Full name Javier Castro Gonzalez
Date of birth (1991-08-15) August 15, 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Guadalajara, Mexico
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kitsap Pumas
Number 28
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 Mt. San Antonio College (23)
2012 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 16 (3)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 OC Blues Strikers 6 (4)
2013–2014 Chivas USA
2014 Los Angeles Misioneros 7 (7)
2014 Oklahoma City Energy 11 (0)
2015 Ventura County Fusion 8 (1)
2016 Kitsap Pumas 7 (0)
2017– Moreno Valley 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 13, 2017

Javier Castro Gonzalez [1] (born August 15, 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer currently with Moreno Valley FC in the United Premier Soccer League.

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Early life and education

Castro was born August 15, 1991, in Guadalajara, Mexico. He played youth soccer in Southern California and attended International Polytechnic High School. He was a finalist for Sueño MLS in 2010. [2]

Castro attended Mt. San Antonio College and played college soccer from 2010 to 2011. He scored 23 goals and assisted on 21 others over his two seasons with the team. [3]

He transferred to the University of California, Santa Barbara and played with the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team in 2012, appearing in 16 games and scoring 3 goals with 1 assist. [4]

Playing career

While attending college, Castro appeared for USL Premier Development League club OC Blues Strikers FC in 2013. He appeared in 6 games for the club, scoring 4 goals. [5]

Castro skipped his senior year at UC Santa Barbara and would appear in 2013 and 2014 for the U-23 side of Chivas USA. [6] [7] Later in 2014, he spent time with Los Angeles Misioneros and appeared in 7 games, scoring 7 goals with 3 assists. [8]

Castro signed professional terms with USL Pro club Oklahoma City Energy FC in July 2014. [9] He was not retained by the club and joined Ventura County Fusion in 2015. He appeared in 8 games for the Fusion, scoring one goal. [10]

Castro went on trial with Segunda División de México side Real Cuautitlán in 2016, but it was ultimately unsuccessful. [11] He would later trial with Kitsap Pumas successfully and was announced as a signing by the club in April 2016. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Javier Castro Gonzalez". Premier Development League . Retrieved July 8, 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Sueño MLS fills out final five spots in LA". Major League Soccer . May 3, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Local Standout Ema Boateng Signs NLI, Creighton Transfer Dion Acoff to Join UCSB". UC Santa Barbara Gauchos . February 1, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "2012 UC Santa Barbara lineup". UC Santa Barbara Gauchos . Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ "2013 PDL Field Stats". Premier Development League . Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ Rodriguez, Alicia (August 6, 2013). "Chivas USA's U-23 team wins state title in unbeaten season". TheGoatParade.com. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ Rodriguez, Alicia (May 23, 2014). "Chivas USA Academy: U-23s win Raul Briones Cup". TheGoatParade.com. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ "OKC Energy FC Signs Javier Castro". KOTV-DT . July 8, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  9. ↑ "OKC Energy FC signs Javier Castro". Oklahoma City Energy FC . July 8, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  10. ↑ "2015 PDL Field Stats". Premier Development League . Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Kitsap Pumas sign forwards Darius Madison, Javier Castro". Kitsap Pumas . Retrieved July 8, 2016.
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