Iván Sabino Castillo Salinas (born July 11, 1970, in

Coripata Coripata is a town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, ...

La Paz La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...

) is a retired

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

defender from

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

, who played at club level for Bolívar,

The Strongest Club The Strongest is a Bolivian professional football club based in La Paz, that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1908, their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, Estadio Rafael Me ...

and La Paz F.C. in Bolivia. He also made a short stint with

Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy , (usually known as Gimnasia de Jujuy or just GEJ) is an Argentine sports club based in San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province. The club was founded in 1931 and is best known for its football team, whic ...

from Argentina.

International career

From 1993 to 2000, Castillo earned 36 caps playing for the Bolivia national team including participations in the

1997 Copa América The 1997 Copa America was the 38th edition of the Copa America. It was held in Bolivia from 11 to 29 June. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. In this edition, Costa Rica and Mexico were the invited teams to br ...

, in which Bolivia finished as runners-up and the

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup The 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fourth FIFA Confederations Cup, and the second organised by FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Mexico between 24 July and 4 August 1999. The tournament was won by Mexico, who beat Brazil 4–3 in the fina ...

held in Mexico. He represented his country in 12

FIFA World Cup qualification The FIFA World Cup qualification is a set of competitive matches that a national association football team plays in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the men's FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments ar ...

matches.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Bolivian midfielder

Ramiro Castillo Ramiro Castillo Salinas (March 27, 1966 – October 18, 1997) was a Bolivian footballer that played as a midfielder. He was capped 52 times and scored 5 international goals for Bolivia between 1989 and 1997. Club career Nicknamed "Chocolatín" ...

, who committed suicide in 1997.

References

External links

* at futbolxxi.com * 1970 births Living people People from Nor Yungas Province Sportspeople from La Paz Department (Bolivia) Bolivian men's footballers 20th-century Bolivian sportsmen Bolivia men's international footballers Bolivian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Club Bolívar players Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers The Strongest players La Paz F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina 1993 Copa América players 1995 Copa América players 1997 Copa América players 1999 Copa América players 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players {{Bolivia-footy-defender-stub