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Hernán Castro

Hernán Castro
Personal information
Full name Hernán Segundo Castro Venegas
Date of birth (1961-08-14)14 August 1961
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 17 August 2021(2021-08-17) (aged 60)
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
Chileno Árabe
1975–1980 Audax Italiano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1982 Audax Italiano 29 (6)
1983 Santiago Wanderers 31 (7)
1984 Audax Italiano
1984 Santiago Wanderers 27 (1)
1985–1986 Audax Italiano 54 (13)
1987 Huachipato 4 (1)
1987 Coquimbo Unido (1)
1988 Audax Italiano (7)
1989 Unión La Calera (4)
1990–1992 Morelia 31
1992 Unión San Felipe (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hernán Segundo Castro Venegas (14 August 1961 – 17 August 2021) was a Chilean professional footballer who played as a left winger for clubs in Chile and Mexico.[1]

Career

As a child, Castro was with Chileno Árabe before joining Audax Italiano youth system,[1] making his professional debut thanks to the coach Hernán Godoy.[2]

A well remembered player of Audax Italiano[3] and Santiago Wanderers[4] in the first half 1980s, in his homeland he also played for Huachipato, Coquimbo Unido, Unión La Calera and Unión San Felipe.[5]

He also had a successful stint with Mexican side Atlético Morelia from 1990 to 1992 in the top division, making thirty one appearances.[6]

Controversies

Owner of a controversial personality, as a professional footballer he used to smoke marijuana and drink alcohol.[7]

At the beginning of his stint with Coquimbo Unido, he spat a referee and was suspended for around 18 matchdays.[7]

Personal life

Castro was better known by his nickname Indio (Indian).[4]

As a player of Morelia, he earned over 30 millions Mexican pesos what he squandered back in Chile.[8] In addition, he was in prison for assaulting his wife.[6]

After his retirement, he worked as a builder, welder and pipe assembler. He fell into a depression and lived in a garbage drump in Cerro Navia commune,[7] despite he sometimes was helped by former colleagues,[9] dying in the street on 17 August 2021.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hernán CASTRO". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Ex futbolista de Audax y la Roja es encontrado viviendo como indigente". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 Horas. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. ^ @audaxitaliano (17 August 2021). "Con profunda tristeza lamentamos el fallecimiento de Hernán "Indio" Castro" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b "Adiós, "Indio": el fútbol chileno llora la muerte de Hernán Castro" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "En la calle murió "El Indio" Castro, ex puntero izquierdo de Unión La Calera". El Observador (in Spanish). 18 August 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Del éxito a la calle: la historia de Hernán "Indio" Castro". W Radio México (in Spanish). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b c Leal, Ignacio (10 September 2016). "De rey a mendigo" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  8. ^ "La estrepitosa caída del Indio Castro: el referente de Morelia que terminó en la indigencia". infobae (in Spanish). 7 October 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  9. ^ [CHV Noticias) La nueva vida del “Indio”: El ex futbolista ya no vive en la calle - CHV NOTICIAS on YouTube (in Spanish). 17 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2023.