Luis Manuel Castro Cáceres (born 27 September 1995) is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Juárez.

Career

Castro's career started in his homeland with

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, manager Alfredo Arias promoted the midfielder into his first-team squad during the

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. Having been an unused substitute for matches with

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, Rampla Juniors and

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, Castro made his first professional appearance in a 1–0 loss away to Sud América on 6 December 2014. That was his sole appearance that season, with just two more coming in 2015–16. Castro featured fifteen times in the next campaign, whilst scoring his first three senior goals; including his opener over

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in September 2016. In total, Castro appeared in eighty-seven matches for Montevideo Wanderers across five years, a spell in which he netted seventeen goals; notably eleven of which came in

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, which was his last season with the club. On 4 January 2019, Castro joined

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side Estudiantes; signing a three-year contract. After debuting in a home loss to Vélez Sarsfield on 28 January, he netted his first goal on 18 February against

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. Further goals versus Talleres and, in the

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occurred across thirty total appearances in his first twelve months with Estudiantes. Midway through Castro's second season with Estudiantes he joined

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on a six-month loan, with an option for the club to extend the deal for the rest of the season. He made his debut in the

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on 11 March as Atlanta lost 3–0 at the

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to América. The club, during the season's delay due to the

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, exercised their loan extension option on 29 June. After three appearances in the

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, Castro made his regular season bow in a win over Orlando City on 29 August. His loan ended on 24 November, after the winger had appeared eleven times; though just three were as a starter.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castro, Manuel 1995 births Living people People from Durazno Uruguayan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Atlanta United FC players Uruguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Major League Soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in the United States