Facundo Pérez Castro

Facundo Pérez Castro
Personal information
Full name Facundo Javier Pérez Castro
Date of birth (1981-08-07) August 7, 1981
Place of birth San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999-2007 Argentinos Juniors 191 (3)
2007-2008 Gimnasia de Jujuy 15 (1)
2008-2009 San Martín de Tucumán 34 (0)
2009-2010 Arsenal de Sarandí 25 (0)
2010 Olympiakos Volou F.C 7 (0)
2011 Shanghai Shenhua 24 (0)
2012-2013 Defensa y Justicia 29 (0)
National team
2001 Argentina U-20 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Facundo Javier Pérez Castro (born 7 August 1981 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province) is an Argentine football midfielder .

Career

Pérez Castro came through Argentinos Juniors' youth system to make his debut for the club in 1999. He played for the club until 2007, in 2002 the club were relegated to the Primera B Nacional but Pérez Castro stayed with them and helped them to secure promotion back to the Primera Division in 2004.

Pérez Castro moved to Gimnasia for the start of Apertura 2007 tournament, but he was separated from the professional team by Carlos Ramacciotti in January 2008. However, when Omar Labruna replaced Ramacciotti as Gimnasia's manager Pérez Castro returned to the first team and even scored his first goal with the club against Lanús.[1]

He played the 2008-09 season for San Martín de Tucumán but could not help his team to avoid relegation. The following season he was acquired by Arsenal de Sarandí.

For the 2010–11 he played for Olympiakos Volou F.C in the Superleague Greece.

References

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