Santiago Castaño

Santiago Castaño
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-04-14) April 14, 1995
Place of birth Queens, New York, United States
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
2008–2013 New York Red Bulls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 New York Red Bulls 0 (0)
2015 → New York Red Bulls II (loan) 21 (0)
National team‡
2014 United States U20 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 28, 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 19, 2014

Santiago Castaño (born April 14, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who last played as a goalkeeper for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.

Career

Professional

Castaño playing for New York Red Bulls II

Santiago Castaño joined the Red Bulls Academy in September 2008 and played for New York’s U-14, U-15, U-16, and U-18 teams. He trained with the first team as an academy player before signing his first professional contract in 2012. During his first two years with the club he served as the teams third goalkeeper.

Castaño made his professional debut at the age of 19 playing for New York Red Bulls II, the affiliate of his team, on March 28, 2015 in a 0-0 draw against Rochester Rhinos.[1] [2] Castaño was named to the USL Team of the Week for his performance for NYRBII on August 22, 2015 in a 2-0 victory over Toronto FC II, a match in which he made six saves and recorded his fourth clean sheet of the season. [3]

Castaño was released by New York on January 25, 2016.[4]

International

Castaño has represented the United States at various youth levels, in 2014 he appeared in 4 matches for the United States men's national under-20 soccer team.

In December 2014 he accepted a call to join the Colombia national under-20 football team camp.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Santiago Castaño New York Red Bulls". newyorkredbulls.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Red Bulls II 0 Rochester Rhinos 0". newyorkredbulls.com. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Santiago Castaño named to the USL Team of the Week". newyorkredbulls.com. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/post/2016/01/25/new-york-red-bulls-sign-shaun-wright-phillips-extend-luis-robles-mike-grella-and-sal
  5. ↑ "New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Santiago Castaño spurns US U-20 national team to join Colombia instead". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
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