Ibsen Castro

Ibsen Castro

Personal information
Full name	Ibsen Adalberto Castro Avelar
Date of birth	(1988-10-24) 24 October 1988
Place of birth	Quezaltepeque, La Libertad, El Salvador
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	C.D. Águila
Number	16
Youth career
	C.D. Atlético Marte
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	C.D. Atlético Marte	72	(6)
2014–	C.D. Águila	70	(1)
International career‡
2014–	El Salvador	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2016

Ibsen Adalberto Castro Avelar (born 24 October 1988) is a Salvadorian professional footballer who plays as a defender for C.D. Águila in the Salvadoran Primera División and the El Salvador national football team.

Castro was born in Quezaltepeque, La Libertad, and played youth football with C.D. Atlético Marte before joining the first team in 2011. He moved to C.D. Águila in 2014 after three years and seventy three league appearances with Marte.

Castro has won seven caps with the El Salvador national football team.

Playing career

Club

Castro began his youth career at the San Salvador club C.D. Atlético Marte. He made his first team debut 2011 and amassed 73 appearances and scored 6 goals for Los Marcianos during a two-year spell. In June 2014, it was announced that Castro had moved to C.D. Águila, taking the number 17 shirt. He made his debut for Águila in a 3–0 victory over Alianza F.C.

International

Castro was first called up to the El Salvador national team in 2014. He was called up for the 2014 Copa Centroamericana and started the first group stage game, a 2–1 loss against Guatemala, in an eventual fourth place finish for El Salvador.

Honours

Country

El Salvador national football team

• Copa Centroamericana: 2014 4th place