Carlos Eduardo Castro Mora (born 10 September 1978) is a retired

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n football player.

Early life

Castro was raised by his grandparents.

Club career

He made his professional debut on 19 October 1997 for Alajuelense against Puntarenas and also scored his first goal against Puntarenas on 15 November 1998, but was rumoured to be kicked off of the team for apparently drinking problems (which he denies). In 2003, he moved abroad to play for Rubin Kazan in Russia whom he left in May 2004 to return to Alajuelense. He has played as left back or left midfielder and dribbles and crosses well, he also has good passing skills. In January 2007 he signed on a free deal for Norwegian firstdivision club, FK Haugesund, but left the club in January 2008 due to the family did not want to stay in Norway. He decided to go back to Costa Rica after a good season in Norway, and signed for his beloved team, Alajuelense. As soon as he signed, he became a regular in the starting line-up. In June 2010 he left them for Puntarenas and he later played for Brujas. In summer 2011 he had a very short stint at

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, joining them in June and leaving them already in August. In summer 2012, Castro was snapped up by Carmelita and on 1 May 2014 he announced his retirement.

International career

Castro played at the

1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1995, the sixth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Quito, Ibarra, Ecuador, Ibarra, Cuenca, Ecuador, Cuenca, and Riobamba in Ecuador between 3 and 20 August 1995. Players bo ...

and

1997 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1997 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from 16 June to 5 July 1997 in Malaysia. It was th ...

. He made his senior debut for the ''Ticos'' in a June 2000 friendly match against Paraguay and has earned a total of 48 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 12

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matches and played in Costa Rica's all three matches at the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

. He also played at the

2003 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup was an association football tournament. It was held in two venues in Panama in February 2003, and was played in a Round-robin tournament, round robin tournament, each of the 6 teams playing each other once. Costa Rica ...

as well as at the

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and

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the association football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). For the first time since 1993, the tournament was held in more than one c ...

s and the

2001 Copa América The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, from 11 to 29 July. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Colombia won the tournament for the 1st time without conceding a goal. Brazil national football team, Brazil ...

.Copa América 2001
- RSSSF His final international was an October 2007 friendly match against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

Honours

* Primera División de Costa Rica (5): **1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05 * Copa Interclubes UNCAF (2): **2002, 2005 * CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castro, Carlos 1978 births Living people People from Alajuela Association football defenders Costa Rican footballers Costa Rica international footballers 2001 Copa América players 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players L.D. Alajuelense footballers FC Rubin Kazan players FK Haugesund players Puntarenas F.C. players Brujas FC players C.S. Herediano footballers A.D. Carmelita footballers Russian Premier League players Norwegian First Division players Liga FPD players Costa Rican expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Norway Copa Centroamericana-winning players Central American Games gold medalists for Costa Rica Central American Games medalists in football