Pepe Castaño

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castaño and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.

Pepe Castaño

Personal information
Full name	José Castaño Muñoz
Date of birth	(1998-12-10) 10 December 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Arcos de la Frontera, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Asteras Tripolis
Number	19
Youth career
	Xerez
	Cádiz
2015–2017	Villarreal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Cádiz B	16	(0)
2015	Cádiz	1	(0)
2016–2018	Villarreal C	44	(3)
2018–2020	Villarreal B	34	(1)
2019	Villarreal	0	(0)
2020–	Asteras Tripolis	110	(1)
International career
2015	Spain U17	1	(0)
2016	Spain U18	2	(0)
2016–2017	Spain U19	2	(0)
2016	Spain U20	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024

José "Pepe" Castaño Muñoz (born 10 December 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Greek Super League club Asteras Tripolis.

Club career

Born in Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalusia, Castaño represented Xerez CD and Cádiz CF as a youth.[1] On 17 May 2015, after already making his senior debut for the latter's reserves, he made his first team debut by starting in a 0–3 Segunda División B away loss against Arroyo CP; at the age of 16 years, 5 months and 7 days, he became the youngest player ever to debut for the club.[2]

On 22 July 2015, Castaño moved to Villarreal CF and returned to youth football.[3] He was promoted to the C-team the following year, and reached the B-side in 2018.[4]

Castaño made his professional debut on 17 January 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 loss at RCD Espanyol, for the season's Copa del Rey.[5] On 25 August of the following year, he moved abroad after agreeing to a deal with Super League Greece side Asteras Tripolis FC.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 February 2024

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cádiz	2014–15	Segunda División B	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Villarreal	2018–19	La Liga	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
Villarreal B	2018–19	Segunda División B	22	1	—		—		—		22	1
	2019–20		12	0	—		—		—		12	0
	Total		34	1	—		—		—		34	1
Asteras Tripolis	2020–21	Superleague Greece	25	0	0	0	—		—		25	0
	2021–22		21	0	0	0	—		—		21	0
	2022–23		30	1	1	1	—		—		31	2
	2023–24		22	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
	Total		98	1	3	1	0	0	—		101	2
Career total			133	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	137	3

References

1. "Pepe Castaño, amarillo oro" [Pepe Castaño, golden yellow] (in Spanish). Diario de Cádiz. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
2. "Pepe Castaño, el canterano más joven en debutar" [Pepe Castaño, the youngest youth graduate to debut] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
3. "El Cádiz y el Villarreal acuerdan el traspaso de Pepe Castaño" [Cádiz and Villarreal agree the transfer of Pepe Castaño] (in Spanish). O Cádiz Digital. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
4. "El arcense Pepe Castaño inicia la pretemporada con el Villarreal B" [Arcense Pepe Castaño starts the pre-season with Villarreal B] (in Spanish). La Cantera Cádiz. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
5. "Con Borja Iglesias a cuartos" [With Borja Iglesias to the quarterfinals] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
6. "Pepe Castaño, transferred to Asteras Tripolis". Villarreal CF. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

External links

• Pepe Castaño at BDFutbol
• Pepe Castaño at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
• Pepe Castaño at Cadistas1910 (in Spanish)
• Pepe Castaño at Soccerway