Elio Castro Guadarrama (born 26 July 1988) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Santa Tecla.

FIFA 15

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, a modified version of his card with a 95 rating (up from his regular 65) was put into the Ultimate Team game mode as a tribute to YouTuber Castro1021 for raising thousands of dollars to help people with cancer. It said that he played for

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, Castro1021's favorite club. This was one of the only times a non-footballer has gotten an Ultimate Team card, the others being former EA developer and YouTuber ChuBoi in

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, breast cancer survivor Kenton Doust in

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, and an EA developer's dog, Banner, also in FIFA 17 (ratings of 92, 95, and 100 and clubs of Manchester United, the Icons team, and

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). In

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, Crystal Palace, and

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pre-academy recruit Zayn Ali Salman was given a Pro Player Card (rating unknown) of him wearing a Paris Saint-Germain shirt.

References

External links

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Elio Castro profile, Club Tijuana
Living people 1988 births Association football midfielders Santos Laguna footballers Club Tijuana footballers Dorados de Sinaloa footballers FC Juárez footballers Liga MX players Ascenso MX players Footballers from Oaxaca Mexican footballers {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-stub