Rubén Castro
Castro playing for Betis in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rubén Castro Martín | ||
| Date of birth | 27 June 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Betis | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Artesano | |||
| Las Palmas | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Las Palmas B | 34 | (13) |
| 2001–2004 | Las Palmas | 112 | (36) |
| 2004–2010 | Deportivo La Coruña | 31 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | → Albacete (loan) | 22 | (3) |
| 2006 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Gimnàstic (loan) | 20 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | → Huesca (loan) | 41 | (14) |
| 2009–2010 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 42 | (14) |
| 2010– | Betis | 246 | (133) |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2003 | Spain U21 | 7 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2017. |
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Rubén Castro Martín (born 27 June 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Betis mainly as a striker but also as a winger.
He represented mainly Las Palmas and Betis during his career, appearing in more than 200 games in both La Liga and Segunda División.
Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Castro was signed by Deportivo de La Coruña from local UD Las Palmas in 2004, in a deal which also saw Momo moving in the opposite direction. The deal was agreed in order to wipe out the debt that Las Palmas still had after signing Gabriel Schürrer from Deportivo for €3.6 million.
Castro scored his first goals for Las Palmas in La Liga in the 2001–02 season, when he came on as a substitute in the 64th minute of a home fixture against Real Madrid, with the score at 2–2: the match ended 4–2 for the hosts, courtesy of Rubén. In the 2003–04 campaign he was top scorer in the second division with his hometown club, netting 22 goals – with the team being nonetheless relegated – and being subsequently purchased by Depor.
At the beginning of 2006–07, Castro was on loan at Racing de Santander, but he left Cantabria due to lack of playing opportunities. During the January transfer window another loan happened, this time to Catalonia's Gimnàstic de Tarragona where he started very well with three goals in his first three matches, although the club would be eventually relegated and the player returned to Deportivo.
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