Sergio Rogelio Castillo Arce (born 26 September 1970 in Ledesma,
Jujuy Province
Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south.
Geography
There are three main areas in Jujuy:
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Argentine
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Bolivia
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football midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
In his early career Castillo played for Argentine clubs
Atlético Ledesma
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Sports Teams Athletico
*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
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and
Talleres de Córdoba
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. He later transferred to Bolivian club
Guabirá, where he spent three periods. He also played two periods for
The Strongest
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Founded in 1908, their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, Estadio Rafael M ...
, in addition to
Oriente Petrolero
Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two ti ...
and
Wilstermann
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.
International career
Castillo was also part of the
Bolivia national team between 1996 and 2001, earning a total of 34 caps. He represented his country in 12
FIFA World Cup qualification
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matches.
References
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1970 births
Living people
People from Jujuy Province
Association football midfielders
Bolivian footballers
Bolivia international footballers
1997 Copa América players
Talleres de Córdoba footballers
Bolivian Primera División players
Guabirá players
The Strongest players
Oriente Petrolero players
C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players
Bolivian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
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