Miguel Castillo

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Miguel Angel Castillo Flores
Personal information
Full name Miguel Angel Castillo Flores
Date of birth (1983-09-30) 30 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Victoria
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 Olimpia
2002–2006 Broncos UNAH
2006–2009 Motagua (1)
2009–2012 Olimpia
2012–2013 Victoria
2013– Real España
International career‡
2008– Honduras 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2009-05-31
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2009-07-04

Miguel Angel Castillo Flores (born 30 September 1983) is a Honduran football player, who currently plays for Victoria in the Honduran National League.

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Club career

Castillo has played four years for Broncos UNAH, then moved to Motagua and Olimpia where he started his career.

When at Motagua, he and his brother joined a training camp in Turkey to try to seal a contract with an overseas club. [1]

In summer 2012, new Olimpia coach Danilo Tosello deemed Castillo surplus to requirements [2] and he subsequently joined Victoria.

International career

He made his debut for Honduras in a May 2008 friendly match against Belize and has earned a total of 6 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches [3] and played at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [4]

His final international was a July 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Haiti.

Personal life

Castillo was born in Tegucigalpa and, with his brother, raised by his father Miguel Ángel since their mother left them at an early age. His brother Fernando Castillo played alongside him at Olimpia and Motagua.

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