Denil Castillo
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Denil Daniel Castillo Preciado[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 24 March 2004||
Place of birth | Eloy Alfaro Canton, Ecuador | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Midtjylland | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
LDU Quito | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | LDU Quito | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Atletico Kin | 0 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | (0) |
2024 | → Partizan (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2024– | Midtjylland | 11 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Ecuador U20 | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2023 |
Denil Deniel Castillo Preciado (born 24 March 2004) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Midtjylland and represents the Ecuador national under-20 football team.[2]
Career
[edit]Club career
[edit]On 24 April 2023, Shakhtar Donetsk announced that they'd signed Castillo to a five-year contract from Liga de Quito, commencing 1 July 2023.[3]
Castillo signed a five-year deal with Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland for a €4.00m transfer fee on July 1, 2024.[4]
International career
[edit]Castillo has represented Ecuador at youth level.[5]
Style of play
[edit]Castillo mainly operates as a center midfielder.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 7 November 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
LDU Quito | 2021 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2022 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2023 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Shakhtar Donetsk | 2023–24 | Ukrainian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Partizan (loan) | 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
Midtjylland | 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |
Career total | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
- ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 5. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "ОФІЦІЙНО. Шахтар підписав Деніля Кастільо".
- ^ "Denil Castillo is Shakhtar player". shakhtar.com. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "DENIL CASTILLO IS A NEW MAN AT FC MIDTJYLLAND". fcm.dk. FC Midtjylland. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Si lo trabajan bien, tenemos compañero para Moisés por mucho tiempo". onefootball.com.
- ^ ""Antes apuntábamos a Brasil… Ahora cambiamos la orientación a Ecuador"". futbolecuador.com.
External links
[edit]- Denil Castillo at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Living people
- People from Eloy Alfaro Canton
- Ecuadorian men's footballers
- Ecuador men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- L.D.U. Quito footballers
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- FK Partizan players
- FC Midtjylland players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Ecuadorian football midfielder stubs