Alejandro "Álex" Castro Martín (born 20 December 1974) is a Spanish former
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder.
Club career
Born in
Las Palmas, Castro spent the vast majority of his professional career in his native
Canary Islands
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. He made his professional debut with
UD Las Palmas, coming on as a second-half
substitute in a 4–2 home win against
Levante UD
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Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...
on 17 May 1997 in the
Segunda División
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. His only other appearance of
the season was on 15 June, as he played the entirety of the 3–0 away victory over
CD Toledo.
From 1998 to 2000 Castro contributed 56 league appearances, including 31 in
the latter campaign to help his team to promote to
La Liga as champions. His first and only game in the top flight occurred on 1 October 2000, 27 minutes into a 5–1 away loss to
Valencia CF. In January of the following year, he was loaned to neighbouring
CD Tenerife of the second division, joining in the same situation fellow league club
CD Numancia
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roughly one year later.
Castro subsequently returned to Las Palmas, being relegated from the second tier
in 2004. He retired in June 2009 at the age of 34, after spells in the
Segunda División B
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with
Castillo CF,
CD San Isidro and
UD Villa de Santa Brígida.
Personal life
Castro was one of five brothers, of which
Guillermo and
Rubén were also footballers. All three came through at their hometown club, with the youngest enjoying his greatest success at
Real Betis.
Rubén Castro, otro talento grancanario (Rubén Castro, another talent from Gran Canaria)
Mundo Deportivo, 5 October 2001
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Las Palmas
Men's association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
UD Las Palmas players
CD Tenerife players
CD Numancia players