Luis Castro Lois (born 6 April 2002) is a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

Arosa Arosa is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is both a summer and a winter tourist resort. On 1 January 2013, the former mu ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

Ribadumia Ribadumia is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. In 1151, in the ''parroquia'' of Barrantes now in Ribadumia, a group tried to found a monastery with the help of the local magnate Gómez Núñez Gómez Núñez (or ...

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...

, Galicia, Castro represented ED Arousa SD and

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...

before joining

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

's youth setup in 2019. On 30 December 2020, before even having appeared for the reserves, he made his first team debut by starting in a 2–1 away win against

CA Pulpileño Club Atlético Pulpileño is a football team based in Pulpí, Almería, but has its headquarters in Pozo de la Higuera, Murcia. Founded in 2002, the team plays in . The club's home ground is '' Estadio San Miguel''. Season to season ---- *1 sea ...

, for the season's

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

. Castro made his professional debut on 7 January 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute for

Gerard Valentín Gerard Valentín Sancho (born 28 July 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as either a right back or a right winger for SD Huesca. Club career Born in Avinyonet de Puigventós, Girona, Catalonia, Valentín graduated with Girona ...

in a 1–2 away loss against

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. ( ) is a Spanish professional Football team, football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, the team plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 ...

, also for the national cup. He made his

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debut on 1 April, replacing

Hugo Rama Hugo José Rama Calviño (born 22 November 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Sigüeiro, Oroso, A Coruña, Galicia, Rama represented Celta de Vigo and ED Xuventude Oroso as a yout ...

late into a 1–6 away loss against

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas S.A.D. is a professional association football, football club based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The club will compete in Segunda División, the 2nd division in the Spanish football league syst ...

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* * * 2002 births Living people People from O Salnés Footballers from the Province of Pontevedra Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda Federación players Tercera Federación players CD Lugo players Polvorín FC players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-defender-stub