Mario Castillo
{{short description|Salvadoran footballer (born 1951)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Castillo|Díaz|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| 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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2003/05/08/deportes/depor2.shtml Bio] - El Diario de Hoy {{in lang|es}}
{{El Salvador Squad 1982 World Cup}}
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Category:Sportspeople from San Miguel, El Salvador
Category:Salvadoran men's footballers
Category:El Salvador men's international footballers
Category:1982 FIFA World Cup players
Category:C.D. Águila footballers
Category:Alianza F.C. (El Salvador) footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
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