Santiago 'Santi' Castillejo Castillejo (born 5 September 1971) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a striker, currently

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CA Osasuna B Club Atlético Osasuna B, usually known as Osasuna Promesas is the reserve team of CA Osasuna, a Spanish football club based in Pamplona, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1962, currently plays in Primera Federación – Group ...

. He was the all-time scoring leader in

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, with 184 goals in representation of seven clubs. His

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input consisted of 11 games, with

Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El ...

. After retiring in 2008, Castillejo worked as a manager.

Playing career

Born in

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, Castillejo started his football career with local

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club in Pamplona, Navarre. Founded on 24 October 1920, the club currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at the 23,576-capacity El Sa ...

, being mainly associated with the reserves and scoring 20

goals with them in the 1992–93 season. He made his

debut with the first team on 14 March 1993, appearing as a late substitute in a 1–0 home win against

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, and featured in just ten games in his only full campaign, which ended in relegation; he was also loaned to

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during his spell. Released by the

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se in summer 1996, Castillejo resumed his career in the

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but also in the third tier, with

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– he netted 21 times as the club achieved promotion to division two in 2001, best in Group III, second overall –

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and

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, retiring in 2008 at the age of 37.

Coaching career

Castillejo started working as a manager immediately after retiring, initially being an assistant with Reus in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. He was appointed head coach for 2009–10, leading the team to promotion in his second season. Castillejo agreed on a return to former club Gimnàstic in late May 2013, signing ahead of the 2013–14 campaign. On 4 November, he was relieved of his duties. On 26 June 2014, Castillejo took the reins of

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, recently promoted to the second level. He was dismissed on 21 October, after leaving them in the relegation zone. On 22 February 2016, Castillejo was named at the helm of

UE Olot Unió Esportiva Olot, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Olot, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1921, it plays in Segunda Federación RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' Estadi Municipal d'Olot'', with a capac ...

in division three. On 7 June he was appointed at

FC Ascó Futbol Club Ascó is a Spanish football team based in Ascó, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 2010 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal'', which has a capacity of 1,500 ...

, and renewed his contract the following 13 May. Castillejo returned to his first club Osasuna on 19 June 2018, as manager of the B team.

Managerial statistics

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