![]() Castro with Real Sociedad in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gonzalo Castro Irizábal | ||
Date of birth | 14 September 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Trinidad, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Porongos | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2001 | Porongos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2007 | Nacional | 81 | (21) |
2007–2012 | Mallorca | 131 | (23) |
2012–2016 | Real Sociedad | 94 | (12) |
2016–2018 | Málaga | 71 | (6) |
2018–2020 | Nacional | 67 | (6) |
2021–2023 | River Plate (UY) | 72 | (7) |
2023 | Nacional | 9 | (0) |
2024– | Porongos | 12 | (5) |
International career | |||
2005–2013 | Uruguay | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:43, 8 October 2024 (UTC) |
Gonzalo "Chory" Castro Irizábal (born 14 September 1984) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Porongos.
He started his career at Nacional, but played mostly in La Liga after arriving in Spain at the age of 22, totalling 296 matches for Mallorca, Real Sociedad and Málaga over 11 seasons and scoring 41 goals.
Castro won five caps for the Uruguay national team in eight years.