Carlos de Castro

Carlos de Castro
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Enrique de Castro Storace
Date of birth	19 April 1979
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	16 February 2015 (aged 35)
Place of death	Mérida, Venezuela
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1994–1999	Miramar Misiones
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2002	FC Luzern
2000–2006	Miramar Misiones
2007	Melipilla
2008	San José
2008	Thrasyvoulos
2009–2010	Xelajú
2010	Estudiantes de Mérida
2011	César Vallejo
2012–2015	Estudiantes de Mérida
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2012

Carlos Enrique de Castro Storace (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos ðe ˈkastɾo]; 19 April 1979 – 16 February 2015)^[1]^[2] was an Uruguayan footballer who played as a centre back.^[3]

Club career

He played abroad for Deportes Melipilla of Chile, Club San José of Bolivia, and Thrasyvoulos F.C. of Greece.^{[citation needed]}

Death

On 31 January 2015, de Castro was injured when the minibus carrying him and other Estudiantes de Mérida players crashed on the José Antonio Páez highway in Carabobo, Venezuela. In the accident, he suffered a fractured spinal cord. During surgery to correct his injury, de Castro suffered a fatal cardiac arrest due to respiratory failure.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Estudiantes informó el fallecimiento de Carlos De Castro" (in Spanish). Caracas: El Universal. 16 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b Retamal, R. (16 February 2015). "Fallece en Venezuela jugador uruguayo que defendió a Melipilla" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.
^ "Carlos De Castro". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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[ELU-1] "Estudiantes informó el fallecimiento de Carlos De Castro" (in Spanish). Caracas: El Universal. 16 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.

[LT-2] Retamal, R. (16 February 2015). "Fallece en Venezuela jugador uruguayo que defendió a Melipilla" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.

[3] "Carlos De Castro". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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