Alfredo Castro (footballer)

Alfredo
Personal information
Full name	Alfredo da Silva Castro
Date of birth	5 October 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth	Vila do Conde, Portugal
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1978–1981	Rio Ave
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1984	Rio Ave
1984–1998	Boavista
Total
International career
1994–1996	Portugal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfredo da Silva Castro (born 5 October 1962), known simply as Alfredo, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He appeared in 309 Primeira Liga matches over 17 seasons, representing Rio Ave and Boavista.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Alfredo was born in Vila do Conde. After emerging through the youth system of hometown's Rio Ave F.C. he went on to represent Boavista FC, being an undisputed starter at the latter for more than a Primeira Liga decade.

After his retirement in 1998, at nearly 36, Alfredo served as goalkeeping coach for his last club as it achieved its only national league conquest in 2001. During his playing spell with the Porto side he won four major titles in the 90s, two Portuguese Cups and as many domestic Supercups.

In the 2009–10 season, shortly after leaving Boavista, Alfredo returned to his first team Rio Ave, again being in charge of their goalkeepers. He also worked in that capacity with CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu in Romania.^[2]

International career[edit]

Alfredo earned three caps for Portugal in two years, and was in roster for the UEFA Euro 1996 tournament.^[3]

Honours[edit]

Boavista

Taça de Portugal: 1991–92, 1996–97
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1992, 1997

References[edit]

^ Mendes, António (9 April 2020). "Paulo Sousa é o melhor defesa direito da história do Boavista" [Paulo Sousa is the best right-back in the history of Boavista]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "Pandurii şi-au prezentat oficial noile achiziţii cât şi staff-ul tehnic" [Pandurii officially presented their new acquisitions as well as the technical staff]. Ziarul Gorjului (in Romanian). 6 February 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ Hodgson, Guy (1 June 1996). "The rising force in Europe counting on their foreign legion; CHAMPIONSHIP COUNTDOWN: No 9 Portugal". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

External links[edit]

Alfredo Castro at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Alfredo Castro national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Alfredo Castro at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] Mendes, António (9 April 2020). "Paulo Sousa é o melhor defesa direito da história do Boavista" [Paulo Sousa is the best right-back in the history of Boavista]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[2] "Pandurii şi-au prezentat oficial noile achiziţii cât şi staff-ul tehnic" [Pandurii officially presented their new acquisitions as well as the technical staff]. Ziarul Gorjului (in Romanian). 6 February 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[3] Hodgson, Guy (1 June 1996). "The rising force in Europe counting on their foreign legion; CHAMPIONSHIP COUNTDOWN: No 9 Portugal". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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