Cristóbal Castillo

Cristóbal Castillo
Castillo with O'Higgins in 2023
Personal information
Full name Cristóbal Alonso Castillo Espinaza
Date of birth (2003-02-04) 4 February 2003
Place of birth Machalí, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportes Santa Cruz
Youth career
2013–2021 O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2026 O'Higgins 42 (0)
2025 → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) 24 (0)
2026– Deportes Santa Cruz 0 (0)
International career‡
2021–2023 Chile U20 18 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 July 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 February 2023

Cristóbal Alonso Castillo Espinaza (born 4 February 2003) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportes Santa Cruz.

Club career

Born in Machalí, Castillo came to O'Higgins at the age of 10. He became the team captain of the under-13 level, winning the 2016 Youth Football National Championship.[1] He made his professional debut in the 2021 Primera División match against Everton de Viña del Mar on 27 March.[2] In 2025, he was loaned out to Deportes Santa Cruz.[3] He left them in June 2026.[4]

In July 2026, Castillo rejoined Deportes Santa Cruz.[5]

International career

Castillo represented Chile U20 at the friendly tournament Copa Rául Coloma Rivas,[6] playing all the matches, and at three friendly matches against Paraguay U20[7][8] and Peru U20 on 2022.[9] In September 2022, he made three appearances in the Costa Cálida Supercup.[10] In the 2022 South American Games, he made three appearances.[11] In 2023, he made three appearances in the South American U20 Championship.

References

  1. ↑ "Gran debut de Cristóbal Castillo" (in Spanish). O'Higgins F.C. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Cristóbal Castillo cumplió en su estreno en Primera". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). 29 March 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "O'Higgins anuncia que dos jugadores parten a 'préstamo' a Deportes Santa Cruz". El Tipógrafo (in Spanish). 5 February 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Silva, Felipe (1 July 2026). ""Después de 13 años vistiendo con orgullo estos colores, llegó el momento de cerrar una etapa... Es triste"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Ortega, Pablo (6 July 2026). ""Estoy en una etapa en que necesito estabilidad y crecer... El futbolista se hace jugando"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  6. ↑ González, Christian (3 December 2021). "Nómina de la Selección Chilena Masculina Sub 20 para el torneo Raúl Coloma Rivas". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "La Roja Sub 20 cayó en su primer amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  8. ↑ González, Christián (8 April 2022). "La Roja Sub 20 no pudo en su segundo amistoso en Paraguay". laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "La Roja Sub 20 supera a Perú en Lima". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "La Roja Sub-20 tiene nómina para la Costa Cálida Supercup en España". TNT Sports (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Cristobal Alonso Castillo Espinaza" (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2022.


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