Zé Castro

Zé Castro
Personnel
Surname	José Eduardo Rosa Vale e Castro
birthday	January 13, 1983
place of birth	Coimbra ,  Portugal
size	181 cm
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
0000-2003	Académica de Coimbra
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2003-2006	Académica de Coimbra	55 (1)
2006-2009	Atlético Madrid	28 (2)
2008-2013	Deportivo La Coruña	96 (1)
2013-2017	Rayo Vallecano	92 (2)
2017–	Académica de Coimbra	16 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2003-2004	Portugal U-20	11 (0)
2004-2006	Portugal U-21	15 (1)
2005-2006	Portugal B	2 (0)
2009	Portugal	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of September 8, 2018

José Eduardo Rosa Vale e Castro (born January 13, 1983 in Coimbra ), called Zé Castro , is a Portuguese football player who plays at the Académica de Coimbra .

Player career

Académica Coimbra

Already in his early 20s, Zé Castro was the captain of the Portuguese first division club Académica from his hometown Coimbra . In the summer of 2006, the young Portuguese turned down some top offers from all over Europe to sign with Atlético Madrid .

Atlético Madrid

In the summer of 2006, he was able to play 22 league games and score two goals in his first season. This was significantly more than expected and was mainly due to the injuries of his teammates. Nevertheless he was able to prove his class in the jersey of the "Colchoneros".

For the 2008/09 season he was loaned to Atlético's first division rivals Deportivo La Coruña . Deportivo also had a purchase option of two million euros, which the club also exercised at the end of the loan period.

National team

Zé Castro played in numerous internationals for the youth national teams of Portugal. In the senior national team he has only played one friendly match against Estonia so far .

Web links

• Zé Castro in the database of weltfussball.de
• Profile at El Mundo (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zé Castro confirma su fichaje por el Atlético on elmundodeporte.elmundo.es, accessed on September 10, 2014 (Spanish)