Manuel del Castillo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel del Castillo de Arechaga | ||
| Birth name | Manuel del Castillo de Arechaga | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Date of death | 5 April 1969 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Catalonia, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1901–1906 | FC Internacional | ||
| 1906–1909 | FC Espanya de Barcelona | 308 | |
| 1909–1915 | RCD Espanyol | ||
| International career | |||
| 1909 | Catalonia | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Manuel del Castillo de Arechaga (25 November 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for RCD Espanyol.[1][2]
Playing career[edit]
Club career[edit]
Manuel del Castillo was born on 25 November 1884 in Paris, and when he was young his family settled in Barcelona, where he began his football career at FC Internacional in 1901.[2] Together with Paco Bru, Charles Wallace, and the Peris brothers (Agustin and Enrique), he helped the club achieve three successive runner-up finishes in the Catalan championship between 1904 and 1906, losing out on the title to a different opponent each time, Club Español (now RCD Espanyol) FC Barcelona and X Sporting Club respectively.[3][4] In 1906, the club had to suspend its activities due to a lack of players, so most of the remaining FCI players joined FC Barcelona for the 1906–07 season,[5] but del Castillo took a different path as he instead decided to join Barça's city rivals, FC Espanya de Barcelona.[2]
In 1909, del Castillo signed for RCD Espanyol, being a member of the great Espanyol side of the 1910s that had the likes of Bru, Emilio Sampere, and the Wallace brothers (Charles and Percy), winning the Catalan championship in 1911–12,[6] as well as reaching the 1911 Copa del Rey final, in which he started alongside the likes of Sampere, Armando Giralt, and Antonio Neyra, and which they lost 1–3 to Athletic Bilbao.[7]
International career[edit]
In May 1903, the 19-year-old del Castillo, along with many other players, was elected by majority vote as a substitute for a match with the Barcelona City team.[8]
On 18 November 1909, del Castillo earned his only cap for the Catalan national team in a match against Equip Blanc (White Team) at the Camp de la Indústria, on the occasion of a benefit match for the injured people in the Second Melillan campaign, starting in a 2–6 loss.[9]
Honours[edit]
- Catalan championship:
- Champions (1): 1911–12
- Copa del Rey:
- Runner-up (1): 1911
References[edit]
- ^ "Enrique Peris de Vargas - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "Fitxa jugador del Castillo" [Castillo player file]. periquito.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Squad of Club Internacional de Foot-ball 1905-06 Campionat de Catalunya". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Spain - Final Tables Catalonia". RSSSF. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "FC Internacional cierra sus puertas" [FC Internacional closes its doors]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Squad of Club Español de Foot-ball 1911-12 Campionat de Catalunya". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Spain - Cup 1911". 13 January 2000. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "La selección de Barcelona y el primer intento de un campeonato de España de regiones" [The Barcelona team and the first attempt at a regional Spanish championship] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Match a beneficio de los heridos de Melilla" [Match for the benefit of the wounded in Melilla]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 18 November 1909. Retrieved 27 March 2024.