Rubilio Castillo

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| name = Rubilio Castillo

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Román Rubilio Castillo Álvarez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|11|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = La Ceiba, Honduras

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub = Deportivo Pereira

| clubnumber = 99

| youthyears1 = 2000–2006

| youthclubs1 = Interlatinos F.C.

| youthyears2 = 2006–2008

| youthclubs2 = El Sauce

| years1 = 2008–2013

| clubs1 = Vida

| caps1 = 41

| goals1 = 18

| years2 = 2012

| clubs2 = → Deportes Savio (loan)

| caps2 = 13

| goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2014–2016

| clubs3 = Motagua

| caps3 = 69

| goals3 = 48

| years4 = 2015–2016

| clubs4 = → Correcaminos UAT (loan)

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 7

| years5 = 2016–2018

| clubs5 = Motagua

| caps5 = 56

| goals5 = 31

| years6 = 2019

| clubs6 = Saprissa

| caps6 = 18

| goals6 = 7

| years7 = 2019–2022

| clubs7 = Tondela

| caps7 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2020–2021

| clubs8 = → Motagua (loan)

| caps8 = 21

| goals8 = 15

| years9 = 2021

| clubs9 = → Royal Pari (loan)

| caps9 = 25

| goals9 = 10

| years10 = 2022

| clubs10 = Comunicaciones

| caps10 = 15

| goals10 = 3

| years11 = 2022

| clubs11 = Deportivo Pasto

| caps11 = 0

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2023

| clubs12 = Nantong Zhiyun

| caps12 = 25

| goals12 = 8

| years13 = 2024

| clubs13 = Motagua

| caps13 = 30

| goals13 = 14

| years14 = 2025–

| clubs14 = Deportivo Pereira

| caps14 = 5

| goals14 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2015–

| nationalteam1 = Honduras

| nationalcaps1 = 35

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| medaltemplates =

| pcupdate = 1 March 2025

| ntupdate = 16 June 2024

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Román Rubilio Castillo Álvarez (born 26 November 1991) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a striker for Categoría Primera A club Deportivo Pereira and the Honduras national team.

Club career

Castillo made his debut for Vida in the top flight of Honduran football on 27 September 2008. He scored his side's only goal in a 1–1 draw with Hispano.{{cite news |title=Roman Rubilio es el nuevo diamente del Vida |trans-title=Roman Rubilio is Vida's newest diamond|language=es|url=http://www.diez.hn/Ediciones/2008/09/30/Noticias/Roman-Rubilio-es-el-nuevo-diamante-del-Vida |date=30 September 2008 |access-date=9 October 2023 |website=Diario Diez |archive-date=1 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001150758/http://www.diez.hn:80/Ediciones/2008/09/30/Noticias/Roman-Rubilio-es-el-nuevo-diamante-del-Vida |url-status=dead}}

On 22 June 2012, Castillo joined Deportes Savio on loan until the end of the year. He made his debut on 30 July, starting in the opening match of the Apertura tournament in a 3–1 loss to Olimpia.{{Cite web|title=Olimpia defiende su corona goleando al Savio|trans-title=Olimpia defends its crown by beating Savio|url=https://www.diez.hn/liganacionaldehonduras/olimpia-defiende-su-corona-goleando-al-savio-ECDZ412372#image-1|access-date=9 October 2023|website=Diario Diez|language=es}} He would score his first goal the following 12 August in a 4–2 away defeat to Platense.{{Cite web|title=Platense se hace fuerte en casa y hunde al Savio|trans-title=Platense gets strong at home to sink Savio|url=https://www.diez.hn/liganacionaldehonduras/platense-se-hace-fuerte-en-casa-y-hunde-al-savio-KCDZ412833|access-date=9 October 2023|website=Diario Diez|language=es}}{{Cite web|title=Platense se impuso al Deportes Savio|trans-title=Platense beat Deportes Savio|url=https://www.laprensa.hn/deportes/platense-se-impuso-al-deportes-savio-CALP361102#image-1|date=12 August 2012|access-date=9 October 2023|website=La Prensa|language=es}}

On 12 August 2018, Castillo scored the winning goal in the F.C. Motagua's 1–0 victory over Real C.D. España. With this goal, he became the club's all-time scorer with 77 goals. This also represented his 100th goal in Liga Nacional.{{cite web |title=Rubilio Castillo marcó su gol número 100 en Liga Nacional con gol para Motagua |url=http://www.elheraldo.hn/deportes/1206389-466/rubilio-castillo-marc%C3%B3-su-gol-n%C3%BAmero-100-en-liga-nacional-con-gol |website=ElHeraldo.hn |publisher=El Heraldo |access-date=12 August 2018}} After his performance at the 2018 CONCACAF League, he was nominated for Player of the Year and was also included in the Best XI at the 2018 CONCACAF Awards.

In February 2023, Castillo joined Chinese Super League club Nantong Zhiyun.{{cite web|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/3296249.html|title=卢比里奥·卡斯蒂略正式加盟南通支云|publisher=Dongqiudi|date=28 February 2023|access-date=28 February 2023|language=zh}}

On 4 January 2024, Castillo third return to Motagua.{{cite web|url=https://motagua.com/el-retorno-del-rey/|title=El Retorno del Rey|publisher=F.C. Motagua|date=4 January 2024|access-date=4 January 2024|language=es}}

International career

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/roman-rubilio--castillo-alvarez/253535/|title=R. Castillo|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=22 November 2016}}

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
\| 1.	6 June 2015	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	{{fb\|PAR}}	align=center \| 2–1	align=center \| 2–2	rowspan="2" \| Friendly
\| 2.	4 September 2015	Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela	{{fb\|VEN}}	align=center \| 2–0	align=center \| 3–0
3.	rowspan="2" \| 15 January 2017	rowspan="2" \| Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	rowspan="2" \| {{fb\|SLV}}	align=center \| 1–1	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	rowspan="2" \| 2017 Copa Centroamericana
4.	align=center \| 2–1
5.	17 June 2019	Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica	{{fb\|JAM}}	align=center \| 2–3	align=center \| 2–3	rowspan="2" \| 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
\| 6.	25 June 2019	Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, United States	{{fb\|SLV}}	align=center \| 2–0	align=center \| 4–0
\| 7.	6 June 2024	Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	{{fb\|CUB}}	align=center \| 3–1	align=center \| 3–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Individual

CONCACAF League Golden Boot (Shared): 2018

References

{{cite news|url=http://diez.hn/Ediciones/2008/09/30/Noticias/Roman-Rubilio-es-el-nuevo-diamante-del-Vida |title=Román Rubilio es el nuevo diamante del Vida. Román Rubilio debutó con un golazo en el empate 1–1 de su equipo ante el Hispano |date=2008-09-29 |work=diez.hn |access-date=2008-09-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001150758/http://www.diez.hn/Ediciones/2008/09/30/Noticias/Roman-Rubilio-es-el-nuevo-diamante-del-Vida |archive-date=October 1, 2008 }}
{{cite news|url=http://www.tiempo.hn/mostrar_noticia.php?id=74226&seccion=6|title=Román Castillo, debut soñado|date=2008-09-30|work=Tiempo Digital|access-date=2008-09-30}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from La Ceiba

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Honduran men's footballers