Carlos de Castro

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Carlos de Castro
Personal information
Full name Carlos Enrique de Castro Storace
Date of birth (1979-04-19)19 April 1979
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 16 February 2015(2015-02-16) (aged 35)
Place of death Mérida, Venezuela
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–1999 Miramar Misiones
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 FC Luzern 7 (0)
2000–2006 Miramar Misiones 113 (7)
2007 Melipilla 34 (1)
2008 San José 12 (0)
2008 Thrasyvoulos 1 (0)
2009–2010 Xelajú 29 (2)
2010 Estudiantes de Mérida 3 (0)
2011 César Vallejo 26 (1)
2012–2015 Estudiantes de Mérida
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2012

Carlos Enrique de Castro Storace (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos ðe ˈkastɾo]; 19 April 1979 – 16 February 2015)[1][2] was an Uruguayan footballer who played as a centre back.[3]

Club career[]

He played abroad for Deportes Melipilla of Chile, Club San José of Bolivia, and Thrasyvoulos F.C. of Greece.[citation needed]

Death[]

On 31 January 2015, de Castro was injured when the minibus carrying him and other Estudiantes de Mérida players crashed on the José Antonio Páez highway in Carabobo, Venezuela. In the accident, he suffered a fractured spinal cord. During surgery to correct his injury, de Castro suffered a fatal cardiac arrest due to respiratory failure.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Estudiantes informó el fallecimiento de Carlos De Castro" (in Spanish). Caracas: El Universal. 16 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b Retamal, R. (16 February 2015). "Fallece en Venezuela jugador uruguayo que defendió a Melipilla" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Carlos De Castro". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2014.


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