Jairo Castillo

Jairo Castillo

200px Castillo in 2004, playing for Independiente.
Personal information
Full name	Jairo Fernando Castillo Cortés
Date of birth	(1977-11-17) 17 November 1977
Place of birth	Tumaco, Colombia
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2000	América de Cali	155	(57)
1995	→ Bucaramanga (loan)	25	(8)
2000–2001	Vélez Sársfield	55	(7)
2002–2003	América de Cali	49	(15)
2004	Independiente	32	(7)
2005	Valladolid	12	(2)
2005	América de Cali	8	(1)
2006	Millonarios	16	(1)
2007	Limassol	5	(4)
2008	Defensor Sporting	11	(6)
2008–2009	Godoy Cruz	8	(5)
2009	Millonarios	5	(0)
2010	Godoy Cruz	34	(11)
2011	Querétaro	5	(0)
2011	Independiente	2	(1)
2011	→ América de Cali (loan)	14	(7)
2012	Atlético Tucumán	8	(1)
2013	Boyacá Chicó	10	(5)
International career‡
1999–2005	Colombia	23	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:43, 20 July 2011 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:29, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Castillo and the second or maternal family name is Cortés.

Jairo Fernando "el Tigre" (the Tiger) Castillo Cortés (born 17 November 1977 in Tumaco) is a Colombian football player. He has played for a number of clubs in Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Cyprus and Uruguay.

Club career

Castillo started his playing career in 1994 at América de Cali, where he won the league titles in 1997.

In 2000 he joined Vélez Sársfield of Argentina but returned to América de Cali after only one season where he won in 2002, another Colombian league title. In 2003 he went back to Argentina to play for Club Atlético Independiente.

He then had spells in Europe with Real Valladolid of Spain and AEL Limassol of Cyprus, In 2008 he joined Defensor Sporting of Uruguay.

Castillo returned to Argentina in 2008 to play for newly promoted Godoy Cruz, he scored twice on his league debut against Banfield and then on 28 September 2008 he scored a hat-trick helping Godoy Cruz to beat Boca Juniors 4–1.

Ironically, his improved form would only cause more heartbreak; being Godoy Cruz best player, he would yet again have an injury putting a major dent into his career. The next game, on 5 October 2008, away to Gimnasia (J), Jairo suffered a season-ending torn ACL in a hard tackle. Godoy Cruz subsequently lost their next 3 games.

In September 2009, after 11 months without playtime, Jairo Castillo left Godoy Cruz after his contract with the club from Mendoza expired, and joined the ranks of Millonarios, in Bogotá, Colombia. In December 2009 the 32-year-old forward Jairo Fernando Castillo Cortés moved back to Godoy Cruz after six months in Colombia.

International career

Castillo played 23 times for the Colombia national team between 1999 and 2005, he was part of the squad that won their first ever Copa América title in 2001.

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics
• (Spanish) Official Club Player Profile
• Spanish Segunda statistics
• Jairo Castillo at National-Football-Teams.com