Alessandro Castro

Alessandro Elias Castro Villeda (born February 26, 2000) is a Honduran soccer player who plays as a midfielder for VfR Mannheim in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden in Germany.^[2]

Alessandro Castro

Personal information
Full name	Alessandro Elias Castro Villeda
Date of birth	(2000-02-26) February 26, 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia, United States[1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	VfR Mannheim
Youth career
2014–2015	Bryson Park Soccer Club
2015–2016	Kalonji Soccer Academy
2015–2016	GSA 00 Premier
2016–2017	Atlanta United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Atlanta United 2	18	(1)
2020	Juticalpa	0	(0)
2022–	VfR Mannheim	3	(0)
International career‡
2017	Honduras U17	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:07, November 1, 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:41, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Club career

A native of Lilburn, Georgia,^[3] Castro joined the Atlanta United academy in 2016, initially as a part of the under-16 team.^[4] Notably, he won a U.S. Soccer Development Academy national championship in 2017 as a member of the under-17 side.^[3]

He made his professional debut with Atlanta United 2 on May 19, 2018, during a 2–1 defeat to Louisville City.^[5]

On July 5, 2018, Castro signed his first professional contract with Atlanta United 2.^[6]

International career

He was selected to represent the Honduras U17s at both the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in April and the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in October.^[3]