Lillo (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Castellano Castro | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Aspe, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Eibar | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2010 | Valencia B | 45 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Murcia (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2010 | Valencia | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Almería B | 44 | (0) |
| 2010 | Almería | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Alcoyano | 23 | (0) |
| 2013– | Eibar | 67 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Spain U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Spain U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2009 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2016. | |||
Manuel Castellano Castro (born 27 March 1989), commonly known as Lillo, is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Eibar as a right or left back.
Club career
Born in Aspe, Alicante, Valencian Community, Lillo began his career with local Valencia CF, playing three seasons with the reserves. In 2006–07 and 2009–10, he totalled 23 appearances combined, with the team being relegated from the third division on both occasions; in between, he spent the 2008–09 campaign on loan at Real Murcia, playing in less than one third of the games as the club finished 14th in the second level.
On 21 March 2010, Lillo appeared in his first official match with the main squad, playing the first 45 minutes of a 2–0 La Liga home win against UD Almería.[1] In late May, as his contract with the Che was expiring, he signed with Elche CF;[2] however, due to a mistake from his agent, the move was declared void and, two months later, he joined Almería.[3]
Lillo spent the vast majority of his first season with the Andalusians with the B-side in division three, playing in only two games with the first team. In November 2012, the free agent joined another club in the category, CD Alcoyano.[4]
On 18 July 2013, Lillo moved to SD Eibar, freshly promoted to the second division.[5] He appeared in 26 matches during his debut campaign, with the Armeros being promoted to the top level for the first time ever, and on 11 July 2014 renewed his link with the Basques for a further year.[6]
On 31 December 2014, Lillo extended his contract with the club until 2017.[7]
Honours
Club
- Eibar
Country
- Spain U20
References
- ↑ Valencia 2–0 Almeria; ESPN Soccernet, 21 March 2010
- ↑ El Elche ficha a Lillo (Elche signs Lillo); Info Expres, 27 May 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ Lillo, ex del Valencia, ficha por filial (Lillo, formerly with Valencia, signs with reserves); Diario de Almería, 26 August 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ Alcoyano cierra la plantilla con el fichaje de Manuel Castellano 'Lillo' (Alcoyano closes roster with signing of Manuel Castellano 'Lillo'); Diario Información, 9 November 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Eibar refuerza su zaga con el lateral Lillo, del Alcoyano (Eibar bolsters defence with full-back Lillo, from Alcoyano); El Correo, 18 July 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Presentación oficial de Lillo y Jaime Jiménez (Official presentation of Lillo and Jaime Jiménez); SD Eibar, 11 July 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ "Lillo renueva por dos temporadas más por la SD Eibar" [Lillo renews for two further seasons with SD Eibar] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ ITA – ESP 1:2 (0:0); Pescara 2009, 4 July 2009
External links
- Lillo profile at BDFutbol
- Lillo profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- Stats at CiberChe (Spanish)
- Lapreferente profile (Spanish)
- Lillo profile at Soccerway
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