- Jairo Castillo
Football player infobox
playername = Jairo Castillo
fullname = Jairo Fernando Castillo Cortés
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1977|11|17
cityofbirth =Tumaco
countryofbirth =Colombia
height =
currentclub = Godoy Cruz
clubnumber = 18
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Defensor Sporting
years = 1995 1996-2000 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2003 2003 - 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008-
clubs = BucaramangaAmérica de Cali Vélez SársfieldAmérica de Cali IndependienteReal Valladolid América de Cali Millonarios AEL Limassol Defensor Sporting Godoy Cruz
caps(goals) = 26 0(7) 49 (14) 32 0(6) 12 0(2) 08 0(1) 16 0(1) 11 0(6) 05 0(4)
07 0(5)
nationalyears = 1999-2005
nationalteam = Colombia
nationalcaps(goals) = 23 0(5)
pcupdate = 29 September 2008
ntupdate =Jairo Fernando "el Tigre" (the Tiger) Castillo is a
Colombia n football player, currently playing for Godoy Cruz inArgentina . He was bornNovember 17 1977 inTumaco . He has played for a number of clubs in Colombia,Argentina ,Spain ,Cyprus andUruguay .Club career
Castillo started his playing career in 1995 at Bucaramanga, he spent the next five years with
América de Cali where he won the league titles in 1997.In 2000 he joined Vélez Sársfield of
Argentina but returned to América de Cali after only one season where he won another Colombian league title in 2002. In 2003 he went back to Argentina to play forClub Atlético Independiente .He then had spells in
Europe withReal Valladolid ofSpain andAEL Limassol ofCyprus , In 2008 he joinedDefensor Sporting ofUruguay .Castillo returned to Argentina in 2008 to play for newly promoted Godoy Cruz, he scored twice on his league debut against Banfield and then on September 28 2008 he scored a
hat-trick helping Godoy Cruz to beatBoca Juniors 4-1 [ [http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernota.asp?id_nota=292587 La Gaceta] es icon] .International career
Castillo played 23 times for the Colombia national team between 1999 and 2005 [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/col-recintlp.html Colombia record international footballers] at
rsssf ] , he was part of the squad that won their first everCopa América title in 2001.References
External links
* [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=12411&SEOFutbolista=Castillo+Jairo+Fernando Argentine Primera statistics]
* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/segunda/plantillas/partidos_jugados.asp?jug=0124&ntemp=2004-05&equ=12&temp=104 Spanish Segunda statistics]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=1532 Career details] at National Football Teams
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