en Francisco Castro (footballer, born 1990)

Francisco Castro
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Fernando Castro Gamboa
Date of birth	September 4, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Talagante, Santiago, Chile
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Iberia
Number	33
Youth career
2005–2009	Cobreloa
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	Cobreloa
2010–2016	Universidad de Chile
2013	→ Unión Española (loan)
2014–2015	→ Deportes Iquique (loan)
2016–2017	Deportes Antofagasta
2017	Barnechea
2018	Unión La Calera
2018	Cobresal
2019	Santiago Wanderers
2020	Barnechea
2021	Cobreloa
2021–	Iberia
International career
2010	Chile
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2022

Francisco Fernando Castro Gamboa (born 4 September 1990 in Talagante, Chile) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Deportes Iberia in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile as a winger.^[1]

Career

In 2009 Castro ascended to the first team of Cobreloa, after playing 4 years on the youth club.^[2] On August 11, 2010 he signed with Universidad de Chile with a free agent after leaving Cobreloa on his own,^[3] but after claims of the ANFP and Cobreloa the player didn't sign a contract with Universidad de Chile, and he returned to Cobreloa. On August 18, Castro finally signed with Universidad de Chile after negotiations with Cobreloa, acquiring the 65% of the player, on 250.000 US dollars.^[4] He scored his first goal with La U in a match against Unión San Felipe, for the 2011 Copa Chile. He was the top-scorer of La U in the 2011 Torneo de Clausura with 8 goals.