Rubilio Castillo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Román Rubilio Castillo Álvarez | ||
Date of birth | 26 November 1991 | ||
Place of birth | La Ceiba, Honduras | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Tondela | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2006 | Interlatinos F.C. | ||
2006–2008 | El Sauce | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2013 | Vida | 41 | (18) |
2012 | → Deportes Savio (loan) | 13 | (5) |
2014–2018 | Motagua | 135 | (79) |
2015–2016 | → Correcaminos UAT (loan) | 19 | (7) |
2019 | Saprissa | 18 | (7) |
2019– | Tondela | 1 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Motagua (loan) | 21 | (15) |
2021 | → Royal Pari (loan) | 25 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | Honduras | 26 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 October 2020 |
Román Rubilio Castillo Álvarez (born 26 November 1991) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a striker for Portuguese club Tondela and the Honduras national team.
Club career[]
His debut in top flight football league was for C.D.S. Vida on 27 September 2008 against Hispano F.C. and he scored the only goal from his side. He used to play in an amateur championship with his team El Sauce where he won top goalscorer.
On 9 November 2008, Diario Deportivo Diez confirmed that he would go on trial with River Plate in November.
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.[1] 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.
International career[]
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.[2]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 6 June 2015 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay | Paraguay | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
2. | 4 September 2015 | Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela | Venezuela | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
3. | 15 January 2017 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | El Salvador | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2017 Copa Centroamericana |
4. | 2–1 | |||||
5. | 17 June 2019 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica | Jamaica | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
6. | 25 June 2019 | Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, United States | El Salvador | 2–0 | 4–0 |
Honours[]
Individual
- CONCACAF League Golden Boot (Shared): 2018
References[]
- ^ "Rubilio Castillo marcó su gol número 100 en Liga Nacional con gol para Motagua". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "R. Castillo". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- "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". diez.hn. 2008-09-29. Archived from the original on October 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
- "Román Castillo, debut soñado". Tiempo Digital. 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2008-09-30.[permanent dead link]
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from La Ceiba
- Association football forwards
- Honduran footballers
- Honduran expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Costa Rica
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Bolivia
- Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- C.D.S. Vida players
- Deportes Savio players
- F.C. Motagua players
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- C.D. Tondela players
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
- Liga FPD players
- Primeira Liga players
- Bolivian Primera División players
- Honduras international footballers
- 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2017 Copa Centroamericana players
- Copa Centroamericana-winning players
- 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players