| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hernán Segundo Castro Venegas | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 17 August 2021 (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 | |||
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.
Career
As a child, Castro was with Chileno Árabe before joining Audax Italiano youth system, making his professional debut thanks to the coach Hernán Godoy.
A well remembered player of Audax Italiano and Santiago Wanderers in the first half 1980s, in his homeland he also played for Huachipato, Coquimbo Unido, Unión La Calera and Unión San Felipe.
He also had a successful stint with Mexican side Atlético Morelia from 1990 to 1992 in the top division, making thirty one appearances.
Controversies
Owner of a controversial personality, as a professional footballer he used to smoke marijuana and drink alcohol.
At the beginning of his stint with Coquimbo Unido, he spat a referee and was suspended for around 18 matchdays.
Personal life
Castro was better known by his nickname Indio (Indian).
As a player of Morelia, he earned over 30 millions Mexican pesos what he squandered back in Chile. In addition, he was in prison for assaulting his wife.
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, despite he sometimes was helped by former colleagues, dying in the street on 17 August 2021.
References
- ^ a b "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 (17 August 2021). "Con profunda tristeza lamentamos el fallecimiento de Hernán "Indio" Castro" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Adiós, "Indio": el fútbol chileno llora la muerte de Hernán Castro" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "Del éxito a la calle: la historia de Hernán "Indio" Castro". W Radio México (in Spanish). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ a b c 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.
External links
- Hernán Castro at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)
- Hernán Castro at PlaymakerStats.com