Iury Lírio Freitas de Castilho (born 6 September 1995), known professionally as Iury Castilho, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a striker for

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Career

Iury Castilho is a product of Madureira,

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and

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youth academies. He was brought up to Avai's first team in 2014 and made his professional debut with the club in February 2015 in the

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. He scored his first goal for the club in the

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against

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on 19 February 2015. He stayed with the club for three years, leaving in 2017. In July 2017 he signed a contract with the

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. In February 2018, Iury Castilho scored a spectacular

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in his team's 3–0 win over

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, and celebrated by mimicking a monkey in response to having received "monkey chants". On 7 June 2018, he moved to

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club

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. He was loaned out to Al-Fayha six months later on 18 January 2019. At the end of the loan, he signed for Portimonense of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on a three-year contract in June 2019.

Career statistics

Honours

CSA *

Campeonato Alagoano The Campeonato Alagoano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Alagoas Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, North ...

: 2021 Cuiabá *

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* * 1995 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Avaí FC players FC Zorya Luhansk players Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) players Al-Fayha FC players Portimonense S.C. players Renofa Yamaguchi FC players Centro Sportivo Alagoano players Ceará Sporting Club players Cuiabá Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Vitória players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Ukrainian Premier League players UAE Pro League players Saudi Pro League players Primeira Liga players J2 League players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-forward-1990s-stub