Juan de Dios Castillo González (31 January 1951 – 1 May 2014) was a Mexican

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and

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, last with F.C. Motagua of the

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, the top tier of the Honduran football. He has coached in the Professional Mexican League, as well in the Honduras Professional League, being a 2 time Champion with

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and Olimpia.

Playing career

Club

He started playing professionally for

Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

, in the

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, he also played for

Pachuca Pachuca (; ), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the east-central Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca Municipality, Pach ...

, San Luis,

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Grea ...

Tampico Madero Club Jaiba Brava, formerly known as Tampico Madero, is a Mexican professional association football, football club based in Tampico and Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, that plays in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level division of Mexican football ...

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and

Unión de Curtidores Unión de Curtidores (Spanish, Union of Tanners; nicknamed Curtidores) is a football club. The club was founded on August 15, 1928. History The club was founded on August 15, 1928. The club gained fame in the early 1930s by defeating local clubs ...

, where he was called to be part of the

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International

He was called up for the

Managerial career

Castillo graduated from the National School of Football Coaches in 1983, starting to coach in all the possible Divisions in the Mexican league: 3rd Division, 2nd Division, 1st Division A, and First Division. He was the 3rd best Mexican coach in the history of the

Mexico national under-20 football team The Mexico national under-20 football team represents Mexico in association football at the under-20 age level, and is controlled by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), the governing body of football in Mexico. The team has won the CONCACAF ...

, with excellent numbers achieved a 5th place in the

1993 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1993 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 9th edition FIFA World Youth Championship. U20 Brazil defeated Ghana, 2–1 for its third title. It took place a ...

. With a percentage of victories of the 60%, and players such as

Oswaldo Sánchez Oswaldo Javier Sánchez Ibarra (; born 21 September 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and a sports analyst for TUDN. He is highly regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Mexican footballing history. ...

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and Rafael García Torres, who participated in his under-20 football team, he formed, later, part of the Mexico national team that has played in the

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. He also assisted

Alfonso Portugal Alfonso Portugal Díaz (21 January 1934 – 12 June 2016) was a Mexican football player, who played as defender for Mexico in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Career Portugal captained Club América to the 1965–66 Mexican Primera División title. H ...

in the

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the eighth staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, an international football competition organized by FIFA for men's youth national teams, and the eighth since it was established in 1977 as the FIF ...

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. After that, he managed

during the second half of the 1994-95 season. Castillo also coached the

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...

team in

Torreón Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Coahuila. The city's population is 720,848 inhabitants, making it the second largest city in the state of Coahuila. Also Torreón is par ...

, leading them to the 3rd place of the Group 4 in the 1999 tournament. He then went on to coach in

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

for

, winning the

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(Apertura) in 2003,

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