Sebastian Castro-Tello
{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sebastian Castro-Tello
| image = Sebastian Castro-Tello, 2013-04-14c.JPG
| caption = Castro-Tello playing for Hammarby IF in 2013
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|03|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| height = 1.80 m
| position = Midfielder, Striker
| youthyears1 = 1995 | youthclubs1 = Norsborgs IF
| youthyears2 = 1995–1997 | youthclubs2 = Essinge IK
| youthyears3 = 1998–2002 | youthclubs3 = Hammarby IF
| years1 = 1998–2006 | clubs1 = Hammarby TFF | caps1 = 31 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2006–2013 | clubs2 = Hammarby IF | caps2 = 139 | goals2 = 19
| years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = → Ravan Baku (loan) | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2014 | clubs4 = Degerfors IF | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 7
| years5 = 2015 | clubs5 = Nacka FF | caps5 = | goals5 =
| years6 = 2016 | clubs6 = Arameiska-Syrianska IF | caps6 = | goals6 =
| nationalyears1 = 2006 | nationalteam1 = Sweden U19 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2007 | nationalteam2 = Sweden U21 | nationalcaps2 = 11 | nationalgoals2 = 3
| pcupdate = 14 February 2017
}}
{{family name hatnote|Castro|Tello|lang=Spanish}}
Sebastian Castro-Tello (born 14 March 1987) is a Swedish former professional football player of Chilean descent.
Career
=Hammarby=
He started his senior career at Hammarby Talang FF before signing his first professional contract, a four-year deal, with their parent club Hammarby IF in 2006. Castro-Tello made four appearances for the side in Allsvenskan during the same season.{{cite web|title=Hammarbys historia: 2006|url=http://www.hifhistoria.se/Historia/2006.html|publisher=Hifhistoria.se|accessdate=14 February 2017}}
In 2007, he put on impressive performances whilst playing 16 games and scoring 4 goals. In the off season, Castro-Tello was nominated to win the award as the newcomer of the year on the Swedish Fotbollsgalan. However, the price later went to Gefle IF's striker Johan Oremo.{{cite web|title=Årets Nykomling 2007|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/tidigare/2007/11/arets-nykomling-2007/|publisher=SVFF|accessdate=14 February 2017}}
He played another two full seasons in Allsvenskan as a starter for Hammarby, before the club got relegated to Superettan, the Swedish second tier, in 2009. During the same year Castro-Tello sparked some controversy as he allegedly featured in a non-professional game for another club, managed by some of his childhood friends. The claims from the opposing team where however never proven.{{cite news|title=Hammarbystjärna anklagad för att ha spelat med annat lag
|url=https://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/hammarbystjarna-anklagad-for-att-ha-spelat-med-annat-lag/|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|date=5 September 2009 |access-date=14 February 2017}}
In 2010, he enjoyed a fruitful partnership with the striker Linus Hallenius in Superettan, scoring 8 goals for the club.{{cite web|title=Hallenius gjorde mål framför scout|date=25 July 2010 |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/hammarby/article12403061.ab|publisher=Aftonbladet|accessdate=14 February 2017}} He scored another 4 goals for the club in a successful run in Svenska Cupen, where Hammarby lost out on the gold medal after a loss in the final against Helsingborgs IF.
During the following seasons his performances declined. In late 2012, Hammarby unsuccessfully searched to terminate his contract following a series of reported misbehaviour.{{cite web|title=Hammarby vill sparka Castro-Tello - ska ta till juridisk hjälp|url=http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/superettan/hammarby-vill-sparka-castro-tello---ska-ta-till-juridisk-hjalp/|publisher=Fotbollskanalen|accessdate=14 February 2017}}
=Ravan Baku=
In July 2013, Castro-Tello joined the Azerbaijan Premier League club Ravan Baku on a year long loan.{{cite web|title=Former member of the Swedish national team in the capital club (PHOTO)|url=http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=2&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=az&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.azerisport.com/az/futbol/20130730101220473.html&usg=ALkJrhivb_oGj-ECykxkHRSyIA8LQ1d6Gg|publisher=Azerisport|accessdate=30 July 2013}}{{cite web|title=The official transfer to another smoothly (PHOTO)|url=http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=4&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=az&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.azerisport.com/az/futbol/20130730014805284.html&usg=ALkJrhiOnD1sGHNJypn-aC-YYf-L-Y9zwQ|publisher=Azerisport|accessdate=30 July 2013}} On 10 August 2013, Castro-Tello made his debut for Ravan Baku at home in their 0–2 defeat against Neftchi Baku.{{cite web|title=Ravan Baku 0-2 Neftchi Baku|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/08/10/azerbaijan/premyer-liqa/revan-baki/fk-neftchi/1540047/?ICID=HP_MS_35_02|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=22 October 2013}} Castro-Tello's first goal for Ravan came on 25 August 2013, in the club's 1–5 home defeat against Inter Baku.{{cite web|title=Ravan Baku 1-5 Inter Baku|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/08/25/azerbaijan/premyer-liqa/revan-baki/fc-inter-baki/1540060/?ICID=PL_MS_05|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=22 October 2013}}
In early October Castro-Tello returned to Sweden, whilst still under contract, after a dispute with Ravan over terms in his contract, which he felt where broken by the club.{{cite web|title=Castro-Tello home - but he belongs to Hammarby? 'Unclear'|url=http://www.fotbolldirekt.se/2013/11/11/castro-tello-hemma-men-tillhor-han-bajen-det-ar-oklart/|publisher=Fotbolldirekt|accessdate=16 December 2013|language=Swedish}}{{cite web|title=Castro-Tello would break the agreement - refuses to return: "I had to pay their own rent"|url=http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/andra-ligor/castro-tello-vill-bryta-avtalet---vagrar-atervanda-jag-fick-betala-egen-hyra-/|website=www.fotbollskanalen.se/|accessdate=16 December 2013|language=Swedish}}{{cite web|title=Castro-Tello on his way to Degerfors - are not included in Bajens plans|url=http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/superettan/castro-tello-pa-vag-till-degerfors---ingar-inte-i-bajens-planer/|publisher=Fotbollskanalen|accessdate=16 December 2013|language=Swedish}} Castro-Tello's loan contract was cancelled in December.{{cite web|title=Sebastian Castro-Tello uppges vara klar för Degerfors|url=http://www.fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/37118|publisher=Fotbolltransfers|accessdate=31 December 2013|language=Swedish}}{{cite web|title=Nya uppgifter om Castro-Tello till Dif|url=http://na.se/sporten/fotboll/lokalfotboll/1.2327922-nya-uppgifter-om-castro-tello-till-dif|publisher=Nerikes Allehanda|accessdate=31 December 2013|language=Swedish}}
=Degerfors IF=
Before the 2014 season, he signed a two-year deal with Degerfors IF in Superettan.{{cite web|title=Officiellt: Sebastian Castro-Tello klar för Degerfors|url=http://fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/37901|publisher=Fotbolltransfers|accessdate=19 January 2014|language=Swedish}} He enjoyed a successful campaign at his new side, scoring 7 goals in 27 competitive games. However, Castro-Tello terminated his contract with the club by mutual consent in early 2015, citing homesickness as the main reason.{{cite web|title=Officiellt: Sebastian Castro-Tello lämnar Degerfors IF
|url=http://fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/49282|publisher=Fotbolltransfers|accessdate=12 February 2015|language=Swedish}}
=Decline and professional retirement=
He then returned to his home town Stockholm, where he represented various teams in the lower leagues during 2015 and 2016, thus effectively ending his professional career.{{cite web|title=Landslagsdatabasen: Sebastian Castro Tello|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/landslagsdatabas/landslagsspelare/?fplid=274851|publisher=Svensk Fotboll|accessdate=14 February 2017|language=Swedish}}
Position
Castro-Tello played as a striker during some games in 2008, but his standard position was attacking midfielder.
International career
He made his debut for the Sweden national under-21 football team on 5 June 2007 against Switzerland national under-21 football team. In total, he won 11 caps and scored 3 goals for the U21s.
Professional career statistics
{{updated| February 2015}}{{cite web|title=Sebastian Castro-Tello|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/superettan/person/?playerid=4651|publisher=SVFF|accessdate=19 November 2013}}{{cite web|title=S. CASTRO-TELLO|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sebastian-castro-tello/6166/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=19 November 2013}}
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| colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals | |||
| colspan=3 | Sweden
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Svenska Cupen ! colspan=2 | Europenot including Intertoto Cup appearances ! colspan=2 | Total | |||||||||
| 2006 | rowspan="8"|Hammarby | rowspan="4"|Allsvenskan | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 5 | |||
| 2008 | 21 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | rowspan="4"|Superettan | 26 | 8 | 5 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 3 | ||
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 1 | ||
| colspan=3 | Azerbaijan
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Azerbaijan Cup ! colspan=2 | Europe ! colspan=2 | Total | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Ravan Baku | APL | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 2 |
| rowspan=2 | Total
! colspan=2 | Sweden !134||19|| || ||4||1||138||20 | |||||||||
| colspan=2 | Azerbaijan
!9||2||0||0||colspan="2" | |||||||||
| |9 | 2 | ||||||||
| colspan=3 | Career total
!143||21|| || ||4||1||147||22 |
References
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External links
- {{SvFF player|fid=274851|pid=4651}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160325223249/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=4651 archive])
{{DEFAULTSORT:Castro-Tello, Sebastian}}
Category:Swedish men's footballers
Category:Swedish people of Chilean descent
Category:Sportspeople of Chilean descent
Category:Hammarby Talang FF players
Category:Hammarby Fotboll players
Category:Footballers from Stockholm
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
Category:Ravan Baku FK players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Men's association football midfielders