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Mauricio Castro - Wikipedia

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Mauricio Castro
Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Fernando Castro Matamoros
Date of birth	(1981-08-11) August 11, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Atlético Choloma
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Motagua		(3)
2004–2005	Universidad
2005–2007	Hispano	11	(0)
2007–2008	Olimpia
2008–2010	New England Revolution	30	(0)
2011	Municipal
2011	Necaxa
2012–present	Atlético Choloma
International career^‡
2003–2007	Honduras	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 April 2009

Mauricio Fernando Castro Matamoros (born August 11, 1981) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Atlético Choloma in the Honduran National League.

Club career

Nicknamed Pipo, Castro began his career in his native Honduras, playing for six seasons in Honduras' top division, the Honduran National League, for F.C. Motagua, Universidad, Hispano and Olimpia.

Major League Soccer

Castro signed for the New England Revolution on February 15, 2008.^[1] He was seriously injured by Chicago Fire's Mexican forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco in his first season. After 30 appearances, including 25 starts, for the Revs in 2008 and 2009, Castro was released by the Revolution on May 14, 2010, having failed to make an appearance in the 2010 season.^[2]

In 2011 the left-sided midfielder returned to Honduras and signed with second division Municipal. He then joined Necaxa for the 2011 Apertura season^[3] and moved to Atlético Choloma ahead of the 2012 Clausura.^[4] He was said to have left Choloma in summer 2012 after playing only two matches into the 2012 Apertura season, since he had received only half of his salary^[5] but later declared that a talk with manager Edwin Pavón made him stay with the club.^[6]

International career

Castro made his debut for Honduras in a June 2003 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup.^[7]

His final international was a March 2007 friendly match against El Salvador.

Personal life

Castro was born in Honduras' capital Tegucigalpa to Andrés Castro and Lourdes Matamoros. He is married to Glenda and they have two children: Maurizio Alessandro Castro López and Katherine Yanel Castro López.

Honors

New England Revolution

North American SuperLiga: 1

2008

References

^ Revolution Signing - Washington Post
^ New England Revolution release Castro - Tribal Football
^ "Pipo" Castro reforzará al Necaxa Archived 2013-02-18 at archive.today - La Prensa (in Spanish)
^ Mauricio “Pipo” Castro ya juega con el A. Choloma Archived 2012-11-18 at the Wayback Machine - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
^ Mauricio Castro deja el Atlético Choloma Archived 2013-02-17 at archive.today - Diez (in Spanish)
^ Mauricio "pipo" Castro molesto por declaraciones del Diez - Futbol Catracho (in Spanish)
^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF

External links

Mauricio Castro at National-Football-Teams.com
Mauricio Castro Por confiado salí del New England - La Tribuna at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-12-06) (in Spanish)
Mauricio Castro: "A Salvador Nasralla hay que apoyarlo" - Diez at archive.today (archived February 17, 2013) (in Spanish)

v t e Atlético Choloma – current squad
1 Y. Arzú 2 Avila 4 Emil García 5 W. Barahona 7 F. Güity 8 D. Cáceres 10 A. Andino 14 E. Zepeda 15 J. Barrios 16 M. Sánchez 18 F. Barahona 17 M. Arzú 20 F. López 23 E. Vallecillo 25 R. Canales 26 Roy Posas 28 Torlacoff 30 J. Raudales – M. Suazo – Aldo Oviedo – W. Williams Coach: Edwin Pavón