Full name Israel Castro Franco Years Team Position Forward Current team Retired Height 1.83 m | Playing position Role Football player Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil Name Israel Franco | |
Date of birth (1975-04-11) April 11, 1975 (age 40) | ||
Israel castro franco
Israel Castro Franco (born April 11, 1975 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian-Salvadoran football player.
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Club career
Castro spent the majority of his career in his adopted homeland El Salvador, mostly twice at Luis Ángel Firpo. He also played in his native Brazil and for a short period of time with the Portuguese lower league outfit Imortal Albufeira.
International career
Castro became a Salvadoran citizen in 1996. He made his debut for El Salvador in an August 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 3 goals. He thus participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup campaign, playing 4 matches in the process, under the popular Serbian coach Milovan Đorić and represented his country at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international was a November 1998 friendly match against Honduras.