Ignacio "Nacho" Castillo Ameyugo (born 3 July 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SD Ponferradina.

Nacho Castillo
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Castillo Ameyugo
Date of birth (2000-07-03) 3 July 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Miranda de Ebro, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ponferradina
Number 14
Youth career
Alavés
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Alavés B 1 (0)
2019–2021 San Ignacio 38 (2)
2021–2022 Alavés B 27 (2)
2022–2023 Mirandés B 21 (8)
2022–2023 Mirandés 6 (0)
2023–2024 Teruel 38 (2)
2024– Ponferradina 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024

Club career

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Castillo was born in Miranda de Ebro, Burgos, Castile and León, and was a Deportivo Alavés youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 31 March 2019, starting in a 2–0 Tercera División home win over Club Portugalete.

In July 2019, Castillo was sent to Alavés' partner team Club San Ignacio to play in the fourth tier. In 2021, he returned to the B-team, now also in the new Tercera División RFEF.[1]

On 7 July 2022, Castillo signed for hometown side CD Mirandés and was initially assigned to the reserve team also in the fifth tier.[2] He made his professional debut on 13 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for Nico Serrano in a 1–1 Segunda División home draw against Sporting de Gijón.[3]

On 30 June 2023, Castillo joined CD Teruel, newly-promoted to Primera Federación.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Pistoletazo de salida a la Tercera RFEF" [Kickstart of Tercera RFEF] (in Spanish). Noticias de Álava. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Pablo Fernández e Ignacio Castillo, nuevos jugadores del CD Mirandés B la próxima temporada" [Pablo Fernández and Ignacio Castillo, new player of CD Mirandés B the following season] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ "En Anduva mandó la cabeza" [The head ruled in Anduva] (in Spanish). Marca. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Nacho Castillo, segundo fichaje del CD Teruel para el próximo curso" [Nacho Castillo, second signing of CD Teruel for the following campaign] (in Spanish). Diario de Teruel. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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