Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 May 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Tongeren, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Union SG | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
Gelmen V.V. | |||
Standard Liège | |||
Anderlecht | |||
Sint-Truidense | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Sint-Truidense | 1 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Eupen | 36 | (2) |
2019–2023 | Gent | 125 | (14) |
2023– | Union SG | 24 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 |
Alessio Castro-Montes (born 17 May 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Union SG.[1]
He started his football career at Gelmen V.V. under the coaching of his father, where also his three year older brother played. He was soon noticed by a scout from Standard Liège and shortly after moved to the club where he played for seven years. He later moved to R.S.C. Anderlecht.[2]
On 17 June 2019, Eupen announced that they had sold Castro-Montes to K.A.A. Gent.[3]
On 1 September 2023, Castro-Montes signed a three-year contract with Union SG.[4]
Castro-Montes was born in Belgium to a Spanish father and a Belgian mother.[5]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sint-Truiden | 2015–16 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Eupen | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 7[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 9[b] | 1 | 24 | 2 | |||
Total | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 16 | 1 | 39 | 2 | |||
Gent | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | – | 31 | 2 | |
2020–21 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9[d] | 0 | 6[b] | 1 | 48 | 7 | ||
2021–22 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13[e] | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 53 | 5 | ||
2022–23 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11[f] | 0 | 6[g] | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 108 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 182 | 15 | ||
Career total | 128 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 222 | 17 |
Gent