Cristóbal Castillo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castillo and the second or maternal family name is Espinaza.

Cristóbal Castillo
Castillo with O'Higgins in 2023
Personal information
Full name Cristóbal Alonso Castillo Espinaza
Date of birth (2003-02-04) 4 February 2003
Place of birth Machalí, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportes Santa Cruz
(on loan from O'Higgins)
Number 25
Youth career
2013–2021 O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– O'Higgins 42 (0)
2025– → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) 7 (0)
International career‡
2021–2023 Chile U20 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2023

Cristóbal Alonso Castillo Espinaza (born 4 February 2003) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportes Santa Cruz on loan from Chilean Primera División side O'Higgins.

Club career

Born in Machalí, Castillo came to O'Higgins F.C. at the age of 10. He became the team captain of the under-13 level, winning the 2016 Youth Football National Championship.[1] He made his professional debut in the 2021 Primera División match against Everton de Viña del Mar on 27 March.[2] In 2025, he was loaned out to Deportes Santa Cruz.[3]

International career

Castillo represented Chile U20 at the friendly tournament Copa Rául Coloma Rivas,[4] playing all the matches, and at three friendly matches against Paraguay U20[5][6] and Peru U20 on 2022.[7] In September 2022, he made three appearances in the Costa Cálida Supercup.[8] In the 2022 South American Games, he made three appearances.[9] In 2023, he made three appearances in the South American U20 Championship.

References

  1. ^ "Gran debut de Cristóbal Castillo" (in Spanish). O'Higgins F.C. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Cristóbal Castillo cumplió en su estreno en Primera". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). 29 March 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. ^ "O'Higgins anuncia que dos jugadores parten a 'préstamo' a Deportes Santa Cruz". El Tipógrafo (in Spanish). 5 February 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  4. ^ González, Christian (3 December 2021). "Nómina de la Selección Chilena Masculina Sub 20 para el torneo Raúl Coloma Rivas". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 cayó en su primer amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  6. ^ González, Christián (8 April 2022). "La Roja Sub 20 no pudo en su segundo amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  7. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 supera a Perú en Lima". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  8. ^ "La Roja Sub-20 tiene nómina para la Costa Cálida Supercup en España". TNT Sports (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Cristobal Alonso Castillo Espinaza" (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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