Not to be confused with Gonzalo Castro Irizábal, a Uruguayan

Uruguay national football team

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 footballer.

Gonzalo Castro Randon (born 11 June 1987 in Wuppertal

Wuppertal

Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...

) is a German

Germany

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 footballer of Spanish descent, he currently plays as a defender

Defender (association football)

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 for Bayer Leverkusen.

Career

He made his UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 and Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 debuts at the age of 17.

International career

Castro has played for the German national U-21 team

Germany national under-21 football team

The Germany national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Germany in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and is controlled by the German Football Association , the governing body of football in Germany....

 at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

-Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:4 goals Klaas Jan Huntelaar3 goals Thomas Kahlenberg Nicky Hofs2 goals Bryan Bergougnoux Ruslan Fomin Artem Milevskiy...

. He made his international debut for the senior national team

Germany national football team

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 in a friendly against Denmark

Denmark national football team

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 in March 2007. He scored two goals on 23 January 2011 to lead Leverkusen to 3–1 victory over Mönchengladbach.

In the 2009 European Championships final, Castro scored his third goal against England Under-21.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 September 2006	Wilhelmshaven, Germany		4–1	3–1	Qualifier 2007 European Championships U21's
2.	22 June 2009	Helsingborg, Sweden		1–0	1–1	2009 European Championships U21's
3.	29 June 2009	Malmo, Sweden		1–0	4–0	2009 European Championships U21's

Honours

Bayer Leverkusen

• German Cup
  DFB-Pokal
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  : Runner-up 2008–09

Germany U-21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2009
  2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2006-07 competition, which allowed the change to...
  
  

External links

• Gonzalo Castro at kicker.de
• Leverkusen who's who