He joined the Pumas youth system and worked his way through the ranks to debut in 2002; he was a regular starter and played a very important role in the 2004 campaign of the team, when Pumas won consecutive league championships. Fans also call him the "Asesino de galácticos" or "Galactic Assassin". Since he was the lone scorer in the game when Pumas defeated Real Madrid for the Santiago Bernabeu trophy in 2004. After becoming champion with Pumas Unam he was drafted by Cruz Azul. He left the team as a captain.[citation needed]
israel, castro, other, people, named, disambiguation, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, castro, second, maternal, family, name, macías, macías, born, december, 1980, mexican, former, professional, footballer, played, defensive, midfielder, castro,. For other people named Israel Castro see Israel Castro disambiguation In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Castro and the second or maternal family name is Macias Israel Castro Macias born 20 December 1980 is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder Israel CastroCastro playing for Cruz AzulPersonal informationFull nameIsrael Castro MaciasDate of birth 1980 12 20 20 December 1980 age 43 Place of birthMexico City MexicoHeight1 75 m 5 ft 9 in Position s Defensive midfielderSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 2002 2011UNAM324 12 2011 2013Cruz Azul92 3 2014 2016Guadalajara67 1 2016 2018Toledo73 1 Total556 17 International career2007 2012Mexico48 1 Medal record Representing Mexico CONCACAF Gold Cup Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 Copa America 2007 Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Club career 1 1 Pumas UNAM 2 Honours 3 Career statistics 3 1 International 3 2 International goals 4 References 5 External linksClub career editPumas UNAM edit He joined the Pumas youth system and worked his way through the ranks to debut in 2002 he was a regular starter and played a very important role in the 2004 campaign of the team when Pumas won consecutive league championships Fans also call him the Asesino de galacticos or Galactic Assassin Since he was the lone scorer in the game when Pumas defeated Real Madrid for the Santiago Bernabeu trophy in 2004 After becoming champion with Pumas Unam he was drafted by Cruz Azul He left the team as a captain citation needed Honours editUNAM Mexico Primera Division Clausura 2004 Apertura 2004 Clausura 2009 Clausura 2011 Campeon de Campeones 2004 Cruz Azul Copa MX Clausura 2013 Guadalajara Copa MX Apertura 2015 1 Mexico CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 2011 Individual Primera Division de Mexico Best Defensive Midfielder Clausura 2011Career statistics editInternational edit 2 National team Year Apps Goals Mexico 2007 9 0 2008 2 0 2009 13 1 2010 8 0 2011 15 0 2012 1 0 Total 48 1 International goals edit Scores and results list Mexico s goal tally first Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 12 August 2009 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Mexico nbsp United States 1 1 2 1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationReferences edit CHIVAS CAMPEoN DE LA COPA MX APERTURA 2015 chivasdecorazon com mx 4 November 2015 Retrieved 5 November 2015 Israel Castro at National Football Teams comExternal links editIsrael Castro Profile at FootballDatabase Israel Castro Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo com archived in Spanish Israel Castro at National Football Teams com nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a football midfielder from Mexico is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Israel Castro amp oldid 1198021202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
