Román Rubilio Castillo Álvarez (born 26 November 1991) is a Honduran professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Honduras national team.

Club career

His debut in top flight football league was for C.D.S. Vida on 27 September 2008 against

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and he scored the only goal from his side. He used to play in an amateur championship with his team El Sauce where he won top goalscorer. On 9 November 2008, Diario Deportivo Diez confirmed that he would go on trial with River Plate in November. On 12 August 2018, Castillo scored the winning goal in the

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's 1–0 victory over

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. With this goal, he became the club's all-time scorer with 77 goals. This also represented his 100th goal in Liga Nacional. After his performance at the

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, he was nominated for Player of the Year and was also included in the Best XI at the

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. In February 2023, Castillo joined

club

International career

International goals

:''Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.''

Honours

Individual *

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Golden Boot (Shared):

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References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castillo, Rubilio 1991 births Living people Footballers from La Ceiba Men's association football forwards Honduran men's footballers Honduran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in China Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Honduran expatriate sportspeople in China C.D.S. Vida players Deportes Savio F.C. players F.C. Motagua players Correcaminos UAT footballers Deportivo Saprissa players C.D. Tondela players Nantong Zhiyun F.C. players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Ascenso MX players Liga FPD players Primeira Liga players Bolivian Primera División players Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players Categoría Primera A players Chinese Super League players Honduras men's international footballers 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players