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Mauricio Castillo Contreras (born 19 June 1987) is a Costa Rican international
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 le ...
who plays professionally for
La U Universitarios A.D.F.C.F. UCR is a soccer club in Costa Rica. On 2 June 2017 the university rector Henning Jensen announced the cease of the agreement with the club, which starting on 1 July will no longer represent the university in any form. The club was re ...
, as a midfielder.


Club career

Castillo has played for
Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is based in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. The team's signature colours are purple ...
, Belén, Cartaginés and Qingdao Jonoon. In January 2015, Castillo rejoined Cartaginés.


International career

Castillo made his debut for
Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
in 2012. He has represented his country in
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matches, and played at the
2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 12th CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 22nd CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition began on 7 July 2013 at the ...
.


References

1987 births Living people Footballers from San José, Costa Rica Men's association football midfielders Costa Rican men's footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers Deportivo Saprissa players Belén F.C. players C.S. Cartaginés players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players Municipal Grecia players Liga FPD players China League One players Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players La U Universitarios footballers {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub