Sergio Castaño Ortega (born 2 February 1982) is a Spanish former

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who played as a defensive midfielder, currently assistant manager of

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Playing career

Castaño was born in Dos Hermanas,

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. An unsuccessful youth graduate of

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, he went on to represent

Dos Hermanas CF Dos Hermanas Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Dos Hermanas, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1971 and dissolved in 2014, it last played in Regional Preferente de Sevilla, holding home games at ''Estadio Mi ...

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, Xerez CD,

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– two spells – AD Ceuta, CE L'Hospitalet and

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. With the exception of

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's Xerez (

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), all of Castaño's career was spent in the lower leagues. In 2014, aged 32, he moved to the

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with

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Coaching career

After retiring, Castaño worked as assistant manager under José Juan Romero at Gerena, Betis Deportivo Balompié and

AD Ceuta FC Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1956, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at ''Estadio Alfonso Murube'' with a capacity of 6 ...

.José Juan Romero será presentado este martes y tendrá a Sergio Castaño de segundo (José Juan Romero will be presented this Tuesday and will have Sergio Castaño as second-in-command)
Ceuta Deportiva, 17 June 2019 (in Spanish)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castano, Sergio 1982 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Dos Hermanas Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sevilla Atlético players Dos Hermanas CF players Deportivo Aragón players Xerez CD footballers Pontevedra CF footballers AD Ceuta footballers CE L'Hospitalet players CD Gerena players