CASTILLO


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Full name: Nery Alberto Castillo Confalonieri
Date of birth: June 13, 1984
Birthplace: San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Nationality: Mexican
2nd nationality: Uruguayan
EU passport: Yes
Height: 170 cms
Weight: 60 kgs

Club: Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Position: Forward [L]
Squad Number: 99
Contract expires: June 2012 (on loan from Shakhtar)
Previous clubs: Danubio > Olympiakos > (€20m) Shakhtar Donetsk > Manchester City (loan) > Shakhtar Donetsk > Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

International debut: June 2007, v Iran
International Caps: 21
International Goals: 6
World Cups: none

UEFA Cup (2009)

Greek Super League (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007)
Greek Cup (2005, 2006)



SeasonClubCountryLevelGPGS
2008-09 Shakhtar Donetsk UKR A 4 1
2008-09 Manchester City ENG A 0 0
2007-08 Manchester City ENG A 7 0
2007-08 Shakhtar Donetsk UKR A 6 0
2006-07 Olympiacos GRE A 25 12
2005-06 Olympiacos GRE A 17 2
2004-05 Olympiacos GRE A 26 6
2003-04 Olympiacos GRE A 26 7
2002-03 Olympiacos GRE A 9 3
2001-02 Olympiacos GRE A 1 0
2000-01 Olympiacos GRE A 1 0
2000-00 Danubio URU A 2 0
Career Totals:12431


UEFA Champions League 2006-07

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
05/12 Karaiskaki Stadium, Athens Olympiacos 1:1 Shakhtar 90 1 0 1 2 0 0
22/11 Estadio Mestalla, Valencia Valencia 2:0 Olympiacos 70 0 0 2 0 1 0
18/10 Karaiskaki Stadium, Athens Olympiacos 0:1 Roma 90 0 0 2 2 0 0
27/09 Stadion RSK Olympyiskiy, Donetsk Shakhtar 2:2 Olympiacos 90 1 1 1 5 0 0
12/09 Karaiskaki Stadium, Athens Olympiacos 2:4 Valencia 90 1 0 1 3 0 0
Competition Totals:4303171210
Competition Average:860.60.21.42.40.20

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards


UEFA Champions League 2004-05

DateVenueMatchMPGFASFCFSYCRC
03/11 Karaiskaki Stadium, Athens Olympiacos 1:0 Monaco 25 0 0 0 1 1 0
19/10 Stade Louis II, Monaco Monaco 2:1 Olympiacos 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Competition Totals:38000110
Competition Average:190000.50.50

Glossary
MP: Minutes Played, GF: Goals in favor, AS: Assists, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards



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1984
Born June 13 in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
2001
April 8: Made his Greek Super League debut in the Olympiacos 4-0 defeat of Skoda Xanthi at home.
2002
September 21: Scored his first Greek Super League goal for Olympiakos in the 4-0 defeat of Akratitos at home.
2006
April: Helps Olympiakos Piraeus to win its ninth Greek league title in 10 years and 34th overall.
August 11: Signed a four-year contract extension with Olympiakos.
September 10: Chelsea are reported to be tracking Olympiakos ace Nery Alberto Castillo.
2007
April 22: Member of the Olympiakos Piraeus squad that won their tenth league title in 11 years.
June 2: Made his debut with Mexico against Iran. The game was held in his hometown San Luis Potosi and, with an important performance from him, the Mexican National Team won 4-0, and Nery received a warm welcome by the fans.
June 8: Scored his first goal for the Mexican team in Mexico's first game of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup against Cuba.
June 24: Member of the Mexican team that lost the Gold Cup final against the USA (1-2) in an entertaining final.
June 27: In his debut at the Copa América 2007, Castillo scored a spectacular goal to help Mexico to a 2-0 win over Brazil. He took a pass, juggled the ball over the head of a Brazilian defender, and struck a left-footed full volley of the juggled ball into the net.
July: Represented Mexico in the Copa America of Venezuela. He helped the Tricolores to finish 3rd and was also included in the "Dream Team" of the competition.
July 27: Put up for sale after new contract talks with Olympiakos broke down. He rejected a revised four-year deal worth one million euros per year -- a 100 percent increase in wages.
July 31: FC Shakhtar Donetsk signed Nery Alberto Castillo from Olympiacos CFP for a fee of €20m.
December 14: Joined on loan to English Premier League side Manchester City after a failed attempt to adapt at Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk.
2008
January 5: Made his Man City debut in the 0-0 away draw at West Ham. Castillo started the match and was substituted in the 72nd minute by Gelson.

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