Sergio Castel Martínez (born 22 February 1995) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for UD Ibiza.

Club career

Born in

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Castel made his senior debut with

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, in the 2012–13 season. In July 2013, he joined CA Osasuna and returned to the youth setup, but on 31 January of the following year, he was loaned to

CD Tudelano Club Deportivo Tudelano is a Spanish football team based in Tudela, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1935 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at '' Estadio Ciudad de Tudela'', with a capacity of ...

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, for six months. In July 2014, Castel moved to

CD Lealtad Club Deportivo Lealtad de Villaviciosa (English: Loyalty Sporting Club of Villaviciosa) is a Spanish football team based in Villaviciosa, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1916, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 2 ...

also in the third division, but left the club in November after featuring rarely. He then signed for Las Rozas CF, a club he already represented as a youth, before moving abroad to

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in Australia. Castel only returned to Spain on 25 January 2017, after agreeing to a contract with AD Alcorcón's reserves in the fourth division. On 18 August, he moved to third level club

UD San Sebastián de los Reyes Unión Deportiva San Sebastián de los Reyes, also known as Sanse is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in San Sebastián de los Reyes, in the autonomous community of Community of Madrid, Madrid. Founded in 1971 it pla ...

. In August 2019, after scoring a career-best 13 goals for ''Sanse'', Castel joined

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, being initially assigned to

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; subsequently, he was loaned to

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side

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until the end of the year. On 2 October 2020, he moved to third division side UD Ibiza also in a temporary deal. On 14 July 2021, after being a regular starter in their first-ever promotion to

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, Castel signed a permanent two-year contract with Ibiza.

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