Iury Lírio Freitas de Castilho (born 6 September 1995) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Iury Castilho is a product of Madureira,

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and Avaí FC youth academies. He was brought up to Avai's first team in 2014 and made his professional debut with the club in February 2015 in the

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. He scored his first goal for the club in the Campeonato Catarinense against

Clube Atlético Metropolitano Clube Atlético Metropolitano is a Brazilian football club based in the city of Blumenau, Santa Catarina state Santa Catarina (, ) is a state in the South Region of Brazil. It is the 7th smallest state in total area and the 11th most popu ...

on 19 February 2015. He stayed with the club for three years, leaving in 2017. In July 2017 he signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League's FC Zorya Luhansk. In February 2018, Iury Castilho scored a spectacular bicycle kick in his team's 3–0 win over

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, and celebrated by mimicking a monkey in response to having received "monkey chants". On 7 June 2018, he moved to

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club Al-Nasr Dubai SC. He was loaned out to Al-Fayha six months later on 18 January 2019. At the end of the loan, he signed for Portimonense of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on a three-year contract in June 2019.

Honors

CSA * Campeonato Alagoano: 2021

References

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Iury Castilho
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br) 1995 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Avaí FC players FC Zorya Luhansk players Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) players Al-Fayha FC players Portimonense S.C. players Renofa Yamaguchi FC players Centro Sportivo Alagoano players Ceará Sporting Club players Cuiabá Esporte Clube players Ukrainian Premier League players UAE Pro League players Saudi Professional League players Primeira Liga players J2 League players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub