Alessandro Castro

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Alessandro Castro

|image =

|fullname = Alessandro Elias Castro Villeda

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|02|26}}

|birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, United States{{cite interview|last=Castro|first=Alessandro|author-link1=Alessandro Castro|title=Entrevistas con Alexander Bahr y Alessandro Castro convocados por la Selección Sub 17 de Honduras|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uq_Z1dN0Xk|publisher=YouTube|date=August 30, 2017|work=EstadioSports|access-date=May 25, 2018}}

|height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}

|position = Midfielder

|currentclub = VfR Mannheim

|clubnumber =

|youthyears1 = 2014–2015

|youthclubs1 = Bryson Park Soccer Club

|youthyears2 = 2015–2016

|youthclubs2 = Kalonji Soccer Academy

|youthyears3 = 2015–2016

|youthclubs3 = GSA 00 Premier

|youthyears4 = 2016–2017

|youthclubs4 = Atlanta United

|years1 = 2018–2019 |clubs1 = Atlanta United 2 |caps1 = 18 |goals1 = 1

|years2 = 2020 |clubs2 = Juticalpa |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0

|years3 = 2022– |clubs3 = VfR Mannheim |caps3 = 3 |goals3 = 0

|nationalyears1 = 2017

|nationalteam1 = Honduras U17

|nationalcaps1 = 2

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|club-update = 22:07, November 1, 2022 (UTC)

|nationalteam-update = 19:41, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

}}

Alessandro Elias Castro Villeda (born February 26, 2000) is a Honduran soccer player who plays as a midfielder for VfR Mannheim in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden in Germany.{{cite web|url=https://www.atlutd.com/players/93/alessandro-castro |title=Profile |access-date=25 May 2018 |work=Atlanta United FC}}

Club career

A native of Lilburn, Georgia,{{cite news|url=https://www.atlutd.com/post/2017/09/12/two-atlanta-united-academy-prospects-named-honduras-u-17-world-cup-squad|title=Two Atlanta United Academy prospects named in Honduras U-17 World Cup squad|first=Ryan|last=Catanese|publisher=Atlanta United FC|date=September 12, 2017|access-date=May 25, 2018}} Castro joined the Atlanta United academy in 2016, initially as a part of the under-16 team.{{cite news|url=http://www.gwinnettprepsports.com/schools/central_gwinnett/gwinnett-soccer-players-make-mls-club-atlanta-united-fc-s/article_f145444c-40e6-5c28-9767-92d1a7a04b13.html|title=Gwinnett soccer players make MLS club Atlanta United FC's first Academy teams|publisher=Gwinnett Prep Sports|date=June 7, 2016|access-date=May 25, 2018}} Notably, he won a U.S. Soccer Development Academy national championship in 2017 as a member of the under-17 side.

He made his professional debut with Atlanta United 2 on May 19, 2018, during a 2–1 defeat to Louisville City.{{cite news|url=http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/sports/gwinnett-s-castro-makes-atlanta-united-debut-but-club-falls/article_e65e9078-5bf8-11e8-89e8-77850e912f64.html|title=Gwinnett's Castro makes Atlanta United 2 debut, but club falls to Louisville|publisher=Gwinnett Daily Post|date=May 20, 2018|access-date=May 25, 2018}}

On July 5, 2018, Castro signed his first professional contract with Atlanta United 2.{{cite news|url=https://www.atlutd.com/post/2018/07/05/atlanta-united-2-signs-alessandro-castro-academy|title=Atlanta United 2 sign Alessandro Castro|publisher=AtlantaUnited|date=July 5, 2018|access-date=July 11, 2018}}

International career

He was selected to represent the Honduras U17s at both the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in April and the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in October.

References

External links

{{Soccerway|alessandro-castro/511482}}
{{USL player|alessandro-castro}}

Category:2000 births

Category:Living people

Category:American people of Honduran descent

Category:Sportspeople from Lilburn, Georgia

Category:Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Honduran men's footballers

Category:21st-century Honduran sportsmen

Category:American men's soccer players

Category:Atlanta United 2 players

Category:USL Championship players

Category:Honduras men's youth international footballers

Category:21st-century American sportsmen