Hernán_Castro
Hernán Castro
Chilean footballer (1961–2021)
Hernán Segundo Castro Venegas (14 August 1961 – 17 August 2021) was a Chilean professional footballer who played as a left winger for clubs in Chile and Mexico.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hernán Segundo Castro Venegas | ||
| Date of birth | (1961-08-14)14 August 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 17 August 2021(2021-08-17) (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chileno Árabe | |||
| 1975–1980 | Audax Italiano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1982 | Audax Italiano | 29 | (6) |
| 1983 | Santiago Wanderers | 31 | (7) |
| 1984 | Audax Italiano | ||
| 1984 | Santiago Wanderers | 27 | (1) |
| 1985–1986 | Audax Italiano | 54 | (13) |
| 1987 | Huachipato | 4 | (1) |
| 1987 | Coquimbo Unido | (1) | |
| 1988 | Audax Italiano | (7) | |
| 1989 | Unión La Calera | (4) | |
| 1990–1992 | Morelia | 31 | |
| 1992 | Unión San Felipe | (3) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a child, Castro was with Chileno Árabe before joining Audax Italiano youth system,[1] making his professional debut thanks to the coach Hernán Godoy.[2]
A well remembered player of Audax Italiano[3] and Santiago Wanderers[4] in the first half 1980s, in his homeland he also played for Huachipato, Coquimbo Unido, Unión La Calera and Unión San Felipe.[5]
He also had a successful stint with Mexican side Atlético Morelia from 1990 to 1992 in the top division, making thirty one appearances.[6]
Controversies
Owner of a controversial personality, as a professional footballer he used to smoke marijuana and drink alcohol.[7]
At the beginning of his stint with Coquimbo Unido, he spat a referee and was suspended for around 18 matchdays.[7]
Castro was better known by his nickname Indio (Indian).[4]
As a player of Morelia, he earned over 30 millions Mexican pesos what he squandered back in Chile.[8] In addition, he was in prison for assaulting his wife.[6]
After his retirement, he worked as a builder, welder and pipe assembler. He fell into a depression and lived in a garbage drump in Cerro Navia commune,[7] despite he sometimes was helped by former colleagues,[9] dying in the street on 17 August 2021.[5]
- "Hernán CASTRO". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- "Ex futbolista de Audax y la Roja es encontrado viviendo como indigente". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 Horas. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- @audaxitaliano (August 17, 2021). "Con profunda tristeza lamentamos el fallecimiento de Hernán "Indio" Castro" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Twitter.
- "Adiós, "Indio": el fútbol chileno llora la muerte de Hernán Castro" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- "En la calle murió "El Indio" Castro, ex puntero izquierdo de Unión La Calera". El Observador (in Spanish). 18 August 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- "Del éxito a la calle: la historia de Hernán "Indio" Castro". W Radio México (in Spanish). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- Leal, Ignacio (10 September 2016). "De rey a mendigo" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- "La estrepitosa caída del Indio Castro: el referente de Morelia que terminó en la indigencia". infobae (in Spanish). 7 October 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- [CHV Noticias) La nueva vida del “Indio”: El ex futbolista ya no vive en la calle - CHV NOTICIAS on YouTube (in Spanish). 17 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- Hernán Castro at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)
- Hernán Castro at PlaymakerStats.com