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Rubén Castro

Rubén Castro

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Retired
Age44
CitizenshipSpain
Height1.69 m
Footright
BornJune 27, 1981
👕500+ Apps 200+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists Veteran
Market value
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

11
clubs played for
00/01
debut season
0.41
goals / match
Real Betis Balompié
top club · 289 apps

Position rank · 22/23

#726
goals rank
#866
assists rank
317
season goals
71
season assists

Among 3,585 Attack - Centre-Forwards · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€4.50m
peak value · 2013
€1.70m
top transfer fee · 10/11
33
best season · 14/15
2 / 2
int'l caps / goals
779Appearances
317Goals
71Assists
51Yellow cards
0Red cards
76Full matches (90′)
Full nameRubén Castro
Name in home countryRubén Castro Martín
Date of birth1981-06-27 (44 yrs)
Place of birthLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
CitizenshipSpain
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height169.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2023-07-01
Contract expires
AgentBahía Internacional
Jul 2023
Transfer: Málaga CF → Retired
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2022
Transfer: FC Cartagena → Málaga CF
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — Málaga CF
43 matches · 10 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — FC Cartagena
42 matches · 20 G · 7 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2020
Transfer: UD Las Palmas → FC Cartagena
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — FC Cartagena
42 matches · 19 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2019
Injury: unknown
24 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — UD Las Palmas
24 matches · 15 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2018
Transfer: Real Betis → UD Las Palmas
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — UD Las Palmas
42 matches · 15 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Dec 2017
Transfer: GZ Hengfeng → Real Betis
17/18 · Return from loan
Jul 2017
Transfer: Real Betis → GZ Hengfeng
17/18 · Loan
Jul 2017
17/18 — Real Betis Balompié
10 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2017
2017 — Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng
11 matches · 7 G · 4 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2016
16/17 — Real Betis Balompié
36 matches · 13 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — Real Betis Balompié
40 matches · 19 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Real Betis Balompié
46 matches · 33 G · 13 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Real Betis Balompié
34 matches · 13 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Feb 2013
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2012
12/13 — Real Betis Balompié
40 matches · 21 G · 8 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2011
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jul 2011
11/12 — Real Betis Balompié
35 matches · 16 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2010
Transfer: Dep. La Coruña → Real Betis
10/11 · Transfer · €1.70m
Jul 2010
10/11 — Real Betis Balompié
48 matches · 32 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2010
Transfer: Rayo Vallecano → Dep. La Coruña
09/10 · Return from loan
Aug 2009
Transfer: Dep. La Coruña → Rayo Vallecano
09/10 · Loan
Jul 2009
09/10 — Rayo Vallecano
44 matches · 15 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2009
Transfer: SD Huesca → Dep. La Coruña
08/09 · Return from loan
Jul 2008
08/09 — SD Huesca
42 matches · 14 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2008
Transfer: Dep. La Coruña → SD Huesca
08/09 · Loan
Jul 2007
07/08 — Deportivo de La Coruña
9 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2007
Transfer: Gimnàstic → Dep. La Coruña
06/07 · Return from loan
Dec 2006
Transfer: Dep. La Coruña → Gimnàstic
06/07 · Loan
Nov 2006
Transfer: Racing → Dep. La Coruña
06/07 · Return from loan
Aug 2006
Transfer: Dep. La Coruña → Racing
06/07 · Loan
Jul 2006
06/07 — Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Racing Santander
21 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2005
05/06 — Deportivo de La Coruña
33 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2005
Transfer: Albacete → Dep. La Coruña
04/05 · Return from loan
Aug 2004
Transfer: Dep. La Coruña → Albacete
04/05 · Loan
Jul 2004
04/05 — Deportivo de La Coruña, Albacete Balompié
22 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2004
Transfer: UD Las Palmas → Dep. La Coruña
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2003
03/04 — UD Las Palmas
40 matches · 22 G · 5 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2002
02/03 — UD Las Palmas
41 matches · 10 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2001
01/02 — UD Las Palmas
31 matches · 6 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2001
Transfer: Las Palmas B → UD Las Palmas
01/02 · Transfer
Jul 2000
00/01 — UD Las Palmas
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2000
Transfer: Las Palmas U19 → Las Palmas B
00/01 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €4.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1204 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 22/23. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals10 total · 3.08/90
98
Assists3 total · 0.92/90
96
G+A13 total · 4.01/90
98
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
91
6,838 min
Minutes played by club
Málaga CF 4.3%
FC Cartagena 4.9%
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng 2.1%
UD Las Palmas 19.0%
Real Betis Balompié 38.9%
Rayo Vallecano 4.2%
SD Huesca 5.4%
Deportivo de La Coruña 11.5%
Racing Santander 0.0%
Gimnàstic de Tarragona 4.2%
Albacete Balompié 5.6%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Málaga CF 1 22/23 22/23 43 10 3 292
FC Cartagena 2 20/21 21/22 84 39 10 333
Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng 1 2017 2017 11 7 4 141
UD Las Palmas 6 00/01 19/20 181 68 17 1,298
Real Betis Balompié 8 10/11 17/18 289 148 36 2,660
Rayo Vallecano 1 09/10 09/10 44 15 0 286
SD Huesca 1 08/09 08/09 42 14 0 366
Deportivo de La Coruña 3 04/05 07/08 42 9 0 786
Racing Santander 1 06/07 06/07 1 0 0 0
Gimnàstic de Tarragona 1 06/07 06/07 20 4 0 290
Albacete Balompié 1 04/05 04/05 22 3 1 386

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

12€1.1M23€2.3M35€3.4M46€4.5M01/02 — 6 goals (UD Las Palmas)01/02 — 2 assists801/0202/03 — 10 goals (UD Las Palmas)02/03 — 6 assists1602/0303/04 — 22 goals (UD Las Palmas)03/04 — 5 assists2703/0404/05 — 3 goals (Albacete Balompié)04/05 — 1 assists404/0505/06 — 8 goals (Deportivo de La Coruña)805/0606/07 — 4 goals (Gimnàstic de Tarragona)406/0707/08 — 1 goals (Deportivo de La Coruña)107/0808/09 — 14 goals (SD Huesca)1408/0909/10 — 15 goals (Rayo Vallecano)1509/1010/11 — 32 goals (Real Betis Balompié)10/11 — 1 assists3310/1111/12 — 16 goals (Real Betis Balompié)11/12 — 5 assists2111/1212/13 — 21 goals (Real Betis Balompié)12/13 — 8 assists2912/1313/14 — 13 goals (Real Betis Balompié)13/14 — 2 assists1513/1414/15 — 33 goals (Real Betis Balompié)14/15 — 13 assists4614/1515/16 — 19 goals (Real Betis Balompié)15/16 — 3 assists2215/1616/17 — 13 goals (Real Betis Balompié)16/17 — 3 assists1616/1717/18 — 1 goals (Real Betis Balompié)17/18 — 1 assists217/1818/19 — 15 goals (UD Las Palmas)18/19 — 3 assists1818/1919/20 — 15 goals (UD Las Palmas)19/20 — 1 assists1619/2020/21 — 19 goals (FC Cartagena)20/21 — 3 assists2220/212017 — 7 goals (Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng)2017 — 4 assists11201721/22 — 20 goals (FC Cartagena)21/22 — 7 assists2721/2222/23 — 10 goals (Málaga CF)22/23 — 3 assists1322/2304/05 — €300K06/07 — €1.5M07/08 — €2M08/09 — €1.6M09/10 — €2M10/11 — €1.8M11/12 — €3.5M12/13 — €4M13/14 — €4.5M14/15 — €3M15/16 — €2.5M16/17 — €2M17/18 — €2M18/19 — €500K19/20 — €500K20/21 — €100K21/22 — €100K22/23 — €100KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

00/01: 0000/0101/02: 6601/0202/03: 101002/0303/04: 222203/0404/05: 3304/0505/06: 8805/0606/07: 4406/0707/08: 1107/0808/09: 141408/0909/10: 151509/1010/11: 323210/1111/12: 161611/1212/13: 212112/1313/14: 131313/1414/15: 333314/1515/16: 191915/1616/17: 131316/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 151518/1919/20: 151519/2020/21: 191920/212017: 77201721/22: 202021/2222/23: 101022/23

Assists by season

00/01: 0000/0101/02: 2201/0202/03: 6602/0303/04: 5503/0404/05: 1104/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 5511/1212/13: 8812/1313/14: 2213/1414/15: 131314/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 3316/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 3320/212017: 44201721/22: 7721/2222/23: 3322/23
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
22/23 2ª División Málaga CF 41 10 3 0 0 292
22/23 Copa del Rey Málaga CF 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 2ª División FC Cartagena 41 20 7 3 0 159
21/22 Copa del Rey FC Cartagena 1 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Super League Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng 11 7 4 1 0 141
20/21 2ª División FC Cartagena 41 19 3 0 0 174
20/21 Copa del Rey FC Cartagena 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 2ª División UD Las Palmas 24 15 1 0 0 122
18/19 2ª División UD Las Palmas 41 15 3 3 0 223
18/19 Copa del Rey UD Las Palmas 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 LaLiga Real Betis Balompié 10 1 1 0 0 381
16/17 Copa del Rey Real Betis Balompié 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 LaLiga Real Betis Balompié 35 13 3 3 0 214
15/16 Copa del Rey Real Betis Balompié 2 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 LaLiga Real Betis Balompié 38 19 3 3 0 178
14/15 2ª División Real Betis Balompié 42 32 13 1 0 116
14/15 Copa del Rey Real Betis Balompié 4 1 0 0 0 264
13/14 Copa del Rey Real Betis Balompié 3 1 0 0 0 208
13/14 Europa League Real Betis Balompié 5 1 0 0 0 338
13/14 Europa League Qualifying Real Betis Balompié 1 1 0 0 0 52
13/14 LaLiga Real Betis Balompié 25 10 2 3 0 202
12/13 Copa del Rey Real Betis Balompié 6 3 0 1 0 120
12/13 LaLiga Real Betis Balompié 34 18 8 3 0 164
11/12 Copa del Rey Real Betis Balompié 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 LaLiga Real Betis Balompié 34 16 5 6 0 185
10/11 2ª División Real Betis Balompié 41 27 0 2 0 135
10/11 Copa del Rey Real Betis Balompié 7 5 1 0 0 103
09/10 2ª División Rayo Vallecano 42 14 0 2 0 254
09/10 Copa del Rey Rayo Vallecano 2 1 0 0 0 32
08/09 2ª División SD Huesca 41 13 0 3 0 277
08/09 Copa del Rey SD Huesca 1 1 0 0 0 89
07/08 Copa del Rey Deportivo de La Coruña 2 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 LaLiga Deportivo de La Coruña 7 1 0 0 0 246
06/07 LaLiga Gimnàstic de Tarragona 20 4 0 3 0 290
06/07 LaLiga Racing Santander 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Copa del Rey Deportivo de La Coruña 1 1 0 0 0 60
05/06 LaLiga Deportivo de La Coruña 24 3 0 1 0 362
05/06 UI Cup Deportivo de La Coruña 8 4 0 1 0 118
04/05 Champions League Qu. Deportivo de La Coruña 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Copa del Rey Albacete Balompié 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 LaLiga Albacete Balompié 22 3 1 0 0 386
03/04 2ª División UD Las Palmas 40 22 5 3 0 162
02/03 2ª División UD Las Palmas 40 9 6 5 0 343
02/03 Copa del Rey UD Las Palmas 1 1 0 0 0 120
01/02 Copa del Rey UD Las Palmas 2 1 0 0 0 94
01/02 LaLiga UD Las Palmas 29 5 2 2 0 234
00/01 LaLiga UD Las Palmas 3 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
00/01 2000-07-01 Las Palmas U19 Las Palmas B Transfer 0
01/02 2001-07-01 Las Palmas B UD Las Palmas Transfer 0
04/05 2004-07-01 UD Las Palmas Dep. La Coruña Transfer 0
04/05 2004-08-01 Dep. La Coruña Albacete Loan 0
04/05 2005-06-30 Albacete Dep. La Coruña Return from loan 300000
06/07 2006-08-01 Dep. La Coruña Racing Loan 1500000
06/07 2006-11-01 Racing Dep. La Coruña Return from loan 1500000
06/07 2006-12-01 Dep. La Coruña Gimnàstic Loan 1500000
06/07 2007-06-30 Gimnàstic Dep. La Coruña Return from loan 1500000
08/09 2008-07-01 Dep. La Coruña SD Huesca Loan 1600000
08/09 2009-06-30 SD Huesca Dep. La Coruña Return from loan 1000000
09/10 2009-08-01 Dep. La Coruña Rayo Vallecano Loan 1800000
09/10 2010-06-30 Rayo Vallecano Dep. La Coruña Return from loan 1800000
10/11 2010-08-02 Dep. La Coruña Real Betis Transfer 1800000 €1.70m
17/18 2017-07-11 Real Betis GZ Hengfeng Loan 1000000
17/18 2017-12-31 GZ Hengfeng Real Betis Return from loan 900000
18/19 2018-07-13 Real Betis UD Las Palmas Transfer 500000
20/21 2020-09-12 UD Las Palmas FC Cartagena Transfer 100000
22/23 2022-07-06 FC Cartagena Málaga CF Transfer 100000
23/24 2023-07-01 Málaga CF Retired Transfer 100000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
11/12 Shin bruise 2011-09-13 2011-10-14 32 5
12/13 Torn muscle fiber 2013-02-09 2013-03-01 21 3
19/20 Muscle injury 2019-09-15 2020-01-17 125 24
Current€100k
Peak€4.50m
Low
Δ since start−€200k
€1.13m€2.25m€3.38m€4.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #9567 2 2 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Antonio Adán 1 1 0
Dani Ceballos 1 4 0
Álex Gallar 1 8 0
Marc Martínez 1 0 0
José Alberto Cañas 2 0 0
Lorenzo Reyes 1 1 0
Berto Cayarga 1 2 0
Germán Pezzella 1 1 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
14/15 2ª División Real Betis Balompié 32 42
10/11 2ª División Real Betis Balompié 27 41
03/04 2ª División UD Las Palmas 22 40

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
14/15 2ª División Real Betis Balompié 13 42
12/13 LaLiga Real Betis Balompié 8 34
21/22 2ª División FC Cartagena 7 41

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
17/18 2017-12-31 GZ Hengfeng Real Betis Return from loan €900k
17/18 2017-07-11 Real Betis GZ Hengfeng Loan €1.00m
09/10 2010-06-30 Rayo Vallecano Dep. La Coruña Return from loan €1.80m
09/10 2009-08-01 Dep. La Coruña Rayo Vallecano Loan €1.80m
08/09 2009-06-30 SD Huesca Dep. La Coruña Return from loan €1.00m
08/09 2008-07-01 Dep. La Coruña SD Huesca Loan €1.60m
06/07 2007-06-30 Gimnàstic Dep. La Coruña Return from loan €1.50m
06/07 2006-12-01 Dep. La Coruña Gimnàstic Loan €1.50m
06/07 2006-11-01 Racing Dep. La Coruña Return from loan €1.50m
06/07 2006-08-01 Dep. La Coruña Racing Loan €1.50m
04/05 2005-06-30 Albacete Dep. La Coruña Return from loan €300k
04/05 2004-08-01 Dep. La Coruña Albacete Loan

Teams faced most often by Rubén Castro's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
CD Lugo 62 32 13 17 95 61 +34 52%
Sporting Gijón 62 20 24 18 58 67 -9 32%
Real Zaragoza 62 21 20 21 78 80 -2 34%
UD Almería 60 24 15 21 67 72 -5 40%
CD Tenerife 58 18 24 16 60 62 -2 31%
Real Oviedo 54 15 20 19 61 57 +4 28%
AD Alcorcón 54 22 14 18 56 51 +5 41%
Girona FC 53 21 10 22 59 63 -4 40%
CD Mirandés 50 20 9 21 64 59 +5 40%
Granada CF 48 21 11 16 67 50 +17 44%
Levante UD 46 19 12 15 65 54 +11 41%
SD Ponferradina 44 16 14 14 54 52 +2 36%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
00/01 Senior debut season
01/02 First senior goal
06/07 Goal #50 (career)
10/11 Goal #100 (career)
12/13 Goal #150 (career)
15/16 Goal #200 (career)
19/20 Goal #250 (career)
21/22 Goal #300 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
21/22 42 159 3 0 0 1.7
2017 11 141 1 0 0 0.64
18/19 42 223 3 0 0 1.21
16/17 36 214 3 0 0 1.26
15/16 40 178 4 0 0 2.02
14/15 46 380 1 0 0 0.24
13/14 34 800 3 0 0 0.34
12/13 40 284 4 0 0 1.27
11/12 35 185 6 0 0 2.92
10/11 48 238 2 0 0 0.76
09/10 44 286 2 0 0 0.63
08/09 42 366 3 0 0 0.74
07/08 9 246 1 0 0 0.37
06/07 21 290 3 0 0 0.93
05/06 33 540 2 0 0 0.33
03/04 40 162 3 0 0 1.67
02/03 41 463 5 0 0 0.97
01/02 31 328 2 0 0 0.55

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

2ª División
434 apps
196 G
41 A
LaLiga
282 apps
93 G
25 A
Copa del Rey
38 apps
15 G
1 A
Super League
11 apps
7 G
4 A
UI Cup
8 apps
4 G
0 A
Europa League
5 apps
1 G
0 A
Europa League Qualifying
1 apps
1 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Rubén Castro

Who is Rubén Castro?

Rubén Castro is a Spain professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Retired.

How old is Rubén Castro?

Rubén Castro is 44 years old. He was born on June 27, 1981 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

What position does Rubén Castro play?

Rubén Castro plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Rubén Castro play for?

Rubén Castro currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Rubén Castro scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Rubén Castro has scored 317 goals in 779 appearances.