Sergio Castellanos

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Sergio Castellanos
Personal information
Full name Walter Sergio Castellanos
Date of birth (1966-04-18) 18 April 1966 (age 59)
Place of birth Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Team information
Current team
Ayacucho (manager)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
San Martín de San Juan (youth)
Central Córdoba de Rosario (youth)
Sportivo Las Parejas
2016 Deportivo Municipal (reserves)
2016–2017 Deportivo Municipal (assistant)
2017 Real Garcilaso (assistant)
2018 Sport Huancayo (assistant)
2019 Santos de Nasca
2020 Santos de Nasca
2021–2022 Cusco (assistant)
2022–2023 UTC (assistant)
2023 Ayacucho
2024 Santos de Nasca
2025 Cajamarca
2025 Bentín Tacna Heroica
2025– Ayacucho

Walter Sergio Castellanos (born 18 April 1966) is an Argentine football manager, currently in charge of Peruvian club Ayacucho.

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Career

Born in Bahía Blanca, Castellanos worked in the youth sides of San Martín de San Juan and Central Córdoba de Rosario before having his first managerial experience at Sportivo Las Parejas. In 2016, he moved to Peru and joined Deportivo Municipal; initially a manager of the reserves, he became an assistant manager of the first team after Marcelo Grioni was appointed manager. [1]

Castellanos continued working as an assistant to Grioni in the following years, at Real Garcilaso and Sport Huancayo, before being appointed manager of Santos de Nasca on 1 March 2019. [2] He left the club at the end of the season, but returned in September 2020. [3]

In August 2021, Castellanos rejoined Grioni after becoming his assistant at Cusco FC. He followed Grioni to UTC the following April, but left along with the manager in May 2023, and returned to managerial duties with Ayacucho in July.

On 11 January 2024, Castellanos returned to Santos as manager. [4] Sacked on 13 September, [5] he took over FC Cajamarca on 6 January of the following year, [6] but moved to Bentín Tacna Heroica on 2 March, before the start of the 2025 Liga 2. [7]

Castellanos was dismissed by Bentín on 8 April 2025, after just one match. [8] On 10 July, he returned to Ayacucho, with the club now in the top tier. [9]

References

  1. "Marcelo Grioni, el DT que llevó a Municipal de Perú a la Libertadores" [Marcelo Grioni, the manager who took Municipal from Peru to the Libertadores] (in Spanish). Conclusión. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. "Sergio Castellanos es el nuevo técnico de Santos FC de Nasca" [Sergio Castellanos is the new manager of Santos FC de Nasca] (in Spanish). Fútbol Peruano. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  3. "Liga 2: el plantel de Santos de Nazca para disputar la segunda división en este 2020" [Liga 2: the squad of Santos de Nazca to play the second division this 2020] (in Spanish). Fútbol Peruano. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. "Santos FC comenzó a reforzarse para encarar la próxima temporada de la Liga 2" [Santos FC started to bolster to face the following Liga 2 season] (in Spanish). Fútbol Peruano. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  5. "Santos de Nasca cambia de entrenador para revertir su mal momento y buscar el ascenso en la Liga 2" [Santos de Nasca change manager to revert their poor run and seek promotion in the Liga 2] (in Spanish). Fútbol Peruano. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  6. "Sergio Castellanos es el nuevo técnico de FC Cajamarca" [Sergio Castellanos is the new manager of FC Cajamarca] (in Spanish). Fútbol Peruano. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  7. "Bentín Tacna Heroica presentó a su nuevo director técnico" [Bentín Tacna Heroica presented their new manager] (in Spanish). Fútbol Peruano. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  8. "Equipo de la Liga 2 cesa a su segundo entrenador tras disputarse la primera fecha" [Liga 2 team sack their second manager after playing the first round] (in Spanish). Fútbol Peruano. 8 April 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  9. "¡Viejo conocido! Ayacucho FC presentó a Sergio Castellanos como su nuevo DT" [Old acquaintance! Ayacucho FC presented Sergio Castellanos as their new manager] (in Spanish). Depor. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.