2024-05-13 10:27:17
Many Mexicans will remember the soccer player Nery Castillowho played with the Mexican team many years ago but whose career ended due to a tragic story in his personal life.
After nine years since Nery Castillo decided to retire from soccer, we already know the reason why the Mexican had problems continuing to play since on several occasions he had to miss his games.
His last team was Rayo Vallecano of Madridd in 2013, after only having lasted one year at Club Pachuca and Club León respectively.
Although he never officially retired from soccer, the story of why Nery Castillo’s career no longer continued is proof that athletes have to make many sacrifices in their careers.
The tragic story of Nery Castillo, former player of the Mexican National Team
The former footballer, Nery Castilloarrived in 2007 at Shakhtar Dontesk from Ukraine, where he only played eight games and registered one goal. That same year, Hugo Sanchez he summoned him with the Mexican team for the Copa América in Venezuela in 2007.
Nery Castillo became a very popular figure for his annotations in the Tri but then his career went into the abyss as he began to perform poorly after the tragic death of his mother.
“My father calls me from Uruguay and tells me that my mother fell into a coma. I was in Greece, I am going directly to Uruguay the same day, December 29. I had to be in Ukraine on January 7 with Shakhtar,” said Nery Castillo.
“He called the coach and I told him: ‘My mother is dying, let me stay a little longer in Uruguay.’ He said no. My father tells me ‘go away, nothing changes, he’s in a coma.’ I’m going to Greece to pack my things and from there I’m going to Ukraine. Overwhelmed by the many trips, I go to train, the phone rings and my father tells me that he died.
“I go to the coach and ask for permission to go to Uruguay for the funeral. He didn’t let me. These are things that people don’t know. I didn’t see my mother die, I didn’t even go to the funeral. How to play on this team that didn’t want to be there from the beginning. “My father died at the same time,” declared the former footballer.
This is why Nery Castillo’s career went downhill and now you can understand why he no longer had the same level and became involved in many controversies.
Who is Nery Castillo?
Nery Alberto Castillo Confalonieri was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, on June 13, 1984 and is currently 39 years old. He is known to have been a professional footballer with the number 11 and 30.
Nery Castillo also has Uruguayan ancestry as he grew up in Uruguay where he started practicing the sport. At the age of 16 he emigrated to the old continent where he had his debut in the Olympiacos FC.
Nery Castillo played as a striker for teams like Shakhtar Dontesk, Manchester City FC, Club PachucaClub León, Chicago Fireamong others.
In 2007, he was summoned by the coach of the Mexican team, Hugo Sanchezwhere he debuted in the match against the national team of Iran and ended up playing six games with six scores in the Venezuelan Copa América.
His last team was Rayo Vallecano of Madrid in 2013 in which he never made his retirement official. It was not until 2017 that it was known that he opened a sports store in Athens, Greece called “Nery’s Fishing”.
2024-05-13 10:27:17