Mario Castillo

{{short description|Salvadoran footballer (born 1951)}}

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| name = Mario Castillo

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| fullname = Mario Alfonso Castillo Díaz

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|10|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = San Miguel, El Salvador

| height = {{height|m=1.74|precision=0}}

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1966–1967

| youthyears2 = 1970–1972

| youthclubs1 = El Salvador

| youthclubs2 = Dragón

| years1 = 1972–1977

| years2 = 1978–1983

| years3 = 1984–1985

| years4 = 1986–1987

| clubs1 = Águila

| clubs2 = Santiagueño

| clubs3 = Alianza

| clubs4 = Águila

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| nationalyears1 = 1979–1982

| nationalteam1 = El Salvador

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{{family name hatnote|Castillo|Díaz|lang=Spanish}}

Mario Alfonso Castillo Díaz (born 30 October 1951 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a retired football player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laprensagrafica.com/deportes/Macora-Castillo-Hoy-los-jugadores-del-Aguila-se-distraen-con-cualquier-cosa-20171206-0045.html|title="Macora" Castillo: "Hoy los jugadores del Águila se distraen con cualquier cosa"}}

Club career

Nicknamed Macora, he started his career at local side Dragón when 18 years of age and later played for Águila, with whom he won 3 league titles. In 1978, he joined the star-studded team of Santiagueño, winning another league title with them, and moved to Alianza in 1984 before returning to Águila to end his career with them.

=Retirement=

Since his retirement from football in 1987, he has been working as a sales manager of a car-service company in his hometown.[http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6429&idArt=3921681 Su perfil y triunfos ¿Qué PASó con... "macora" castillo?] - El Salvador.com {{in lang|es}}

International career

Castillo has represented El Salvador in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches,{{FIFA player|47387}} but most notably played for his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

Honours

:: 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980

References

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