Luis Castro Rodríguez (born 21 May 1980), commonly known as Sito, is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

Arnedo Arnedo is the third largest town in La Rioja, Spain. It is located near Calahorra, and has a population of about 15,000 people. Its economy is based on the shoe industry. History The area of Arnedo has been inhabited as early as the Neolithic A ...

as a defender ( right or left back).

Football career

After starting professionally with

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

and

CD Calahorra Club Deportivo Calahorra is a Spanish football team based in Calahorra, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1946 it plays in , holding home games at the '' Estadio Municipal La Planilla'', with a capacity of 5,000 spectators. H ...

, Sito spent three seasons with another Galician club, Racing Club de Ferrol – two in

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and another in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. He signed with

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn ...

on 5 August 2005 on a free transfer, after a trial. After two years in and out of the first team, Sito enjoyed a good spell in the 2007–08 campaign, following injuries and loss of form to those ahead of him in the pecking order. He scored his only goal for the English side and in the

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against

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, helping to a 2–1 away win on 22 March 2008; previously, in early January 2006, he had extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2008. Sito was released by Ipswich in May 2008 and returned to Spain the following month, joining

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

. His best output consisted of 35 games in his third year (34 starts), but the ''Charros'' were relegated from the second level.

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* * * * * 1980 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from A Coruña Men's association football defenders CD Lugo players CD Calahorra players Ipswich Town F.C. players UD Salamanca players Peña Sport FC footballers SD Logroñés players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players English Football League players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-defender-stub