Sandro with Barcelona in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sandro Ramírez Castillo | ||
Date of birth | 9 July 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Málaga | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2002 | Barrio Atlántico | ||
2002–2009 | Las Palmas | ||
2009–2013 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Barcelona B | 61 | (15) |
2014–2016 | Barcelona | 17 | (2) |
2016– | Málaga | 17 | (7) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Spain U16 | 6 | (5) |
2011–2012 | Spain U17 | 4 | (9) |
2013 | Spain U18 | 2 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Spain U19 | 9 | (4) |
2014– | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2014 |
Sandro Ramírez Castillo (born 9 July 1995), known simply as Sandro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Málaga CF as a forward.
He began his professional career at Barcelona playing mainly in their reserves, and won seven domestic and international honours with the first team.
Born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Sandro joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 2009, aged 14, after starting out at local UD Las Palmas. On 10 June 2013, he was promoted to the former's B-team, and made his professional debut on 17 August in a 1–2 away loss against CD Mirandés for the Segunda División championship.
Sandro scored his first goal as a professional on 15 September 2013, netting the first of a 2–0 home win against Real Madrid Castilla. He finished the campaign with 31 appearances, netting seven times to help his team finish third.
On 18 August 2014, Sandro scored the last of a 6–0 triumph over Club León for that year's Joan Gamper Trophy, after assisting fellow youth graduate Munir El Haddadi in the fifth. He was also called up to the main squad for the match against Elche CF, but eventually remained unused in the 3–0 La Liga win on 24 August.
Sandro made his debut in the Spanish top level on 31 August 2014, coming on as a substitute for Pedro midway through the second half of the fixture at Villarreal CF and scoring the game's only goal 12 minutes later. He netted for the first time in the UEFA Champions League on 21 October, contributing to a 3–1 group stage home win against AFC Ajax with an injury-time strike. On 16 December he scored his first goal in the Copa del Rey, in a 8–1 home routing of SD Huesca.