Beckham Castro
Colombian footballer (born 2003)
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Beckham David Castro Espinosa (born 12 September 2003) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger for Millonarios.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Beckham David Castro Espinosa[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Millonarios | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chiqui Orozco | |||
| Academia de Crespo | |||
| Estudiantil | |||
| Aston Villa de Cali | |||
| 2020–2023 | Millonarios | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Millonarios | 64 | (14) |
| 2024–2025 | → La Equidad (loan) | 26 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2025 | |||
Early life
Castro was born in Cartagena, and is named after former Manchester United, Real Madrid and England international footballer David Beckham, as his father was a fan of Real Madrid.[2] Due to his relatively unusual name, his footballing career was the subject of media attention from a young age, and in 2013 Colombian newspaper Q'hubo ran an article on him, despite him only being ten years old at the time.[3]
Club career
Early career
Castro began his footballing career at Chiqui Orozco, a local footballing school in Cartagena.[4] He later played for Academia de Crespo and Estudiantil de Medellín, also representing Aston Villa de Cali.[4]
Millonarios
Having trialled with Brazilian and Portuguese clubs Grêmio and Braga, respectively, Castro signed a professional contract with Categoría Primera A side Millonarios in his native Colombia in December 2020.[4] He finished bronze in the 2022 golden boot race at youth level, and the following year he made his debut on 22 March 2023, coming on as a late substitute for Fernando Uribe in a 2–0 league win over Deportivo Pasto.[4]
Following teammate Óscar Cortés' call up to the Colombia under-20 side for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and an injury to attacking midfielder Daniel Cataño, Castro was given a run of games as a starter in the Millonarios side.[5] Having been named in the line-up for Millonarios' Categoría Primera A fixture against Independiente Medellín on 20 May 2023, he latched on to a cross from Leonardo Castro late into the first half to score his first goal for the club in the eventual 2–2 draw.[5][6] Three days later he made his Copa Sudamericana bow, starting in a 3–1 win over Uruguayan opposition Peñarol, and getting the assist for Jorge Arias' goal.[7][8] He followed this up with an assist in the following game, a 1–0 win against Boyacá Chicó, before scoring his second goal for the club - the only goal in a 1–0 win against América de Cali on 31 May 2023.[5][8][9]
On 3 August 2023, following a short absence from the first team, he returned to action in Millonarios' friendly win over Spanish opposition Real Zaragoza, scoring the first goal in an eventual 2–1 win.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 6 August 2023.[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Millonarios | 2023 | Categoría Primera A | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Career total | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
Honours
- Millonarios