Josué Castillejos Toledo (born 14 April 1981 in

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...

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) is a former

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holding

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who played for

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in the

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Club career

Born in

, Castillejos is a product of

Deportivo Toluca F.C. Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Club Deportivo Toluca, is a Mexican football club, playing in the Primera División de México, the top-flight of Mexican football. Toluca's stadium, Estadio Nemesio Díez Riega ...

's youth system. He made his

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debut with Toluca in 2002. In 2008, Castillejos left Toluca to play on loan with

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

, and then for Primera A side

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. Castillejos returned to Toluca in January 2009, but would not appear again for the club in the Primera División.

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* * 1981 births Living people People from Toluca Footballers from the State of Mexico Association football midfielders Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Chiapas F.C. footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Atlético Mexiquense footballers La Piedad footballers Leones Negros UdeG footballers Liga MX players Mexican footballers {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-stub