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Also known as Hector Castro

Uruguayan footballer (1904-1960)

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Héctor Castro was a Uruguayan association football player and coach who played as a forward. Born in Montevideo on November 29, 1904, he began his professional career in 1921. He represented Uruguay at the international level, participating in the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1930 FIFA World Cup.

During his club career, Castro was a member of Club Nacional de Football and Estudiantes de La Plata. He was a native speaker of Spanish. Héctor Castro died in Montevideo on September 15, 1960.

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Key facts

1952
Nacional
1959
Uruguay
Full name
Agustín Héctor Castro Rodríguez
Date of birth
( 1904-11-29 ) 29 November 1904
Place of birth
Montevideo , Uruguay
Date of death
15 September 1960 (1960-09-15) (aged 55)
Place of death
Montevideo , Uruguay
Position
Forward
1921 1924
Athletic Club Lito
Years
Team
1923 1932
Nacional
1932 1933
Estudiantes
1933 1936
Nacional
1923 1935
Uruguay
1939 1943
Nacional

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Agustín Héctor Castro Rodríguez (29 November 1904 – 15 September 1960) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He scored Uruguay's first ever goal in a World Cup against Peru at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 a tournament they would go on to win.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Héctor Castro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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