Quevin Castro
Personal information
Full name Quévin Moisés Cachicote da Rocha de Castro[1]
Date of birth (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 York City
Number 10
Youth career
Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Mildenhall Town
Thetford Town
Norwich CBS
2019 Leiston 3 (1)
2020 Bury Town 2 (0)
2021–2023 West Bromwich Albion 2 (0)
2022 → Burton Albion (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 → Notts County (loan) 14 (4)
2023 → Gateshead (loan) 1 (0)
2023– York City 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:06, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Quévin Moisés Cachicote da Rocha de Castro (born 16 August 2001), known as just Quevin Castro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for National League side York City.

Early life and education

Born in Portugal,[3] Castro played in the academy at Sporting CP before moving to England.[4] He grew up in Thetford, Norfolk, and attended The Thetford Academy.[5]

Career

Castro played non-league football for Mildenhall Town, Thetford Town, Norwich CBS, Leiston and Bury Town during his early career.[6][7][8] Castro had trial spells at Ipswich Town in 2019 and later in 2020, and also spent time on trial at Sutton United, Arsenal, Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion.[3][6]

In summer 2021, Castro signed for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion on a two-year contract following his trial at the club.[6] He made his debut for the club on 25 August 2021, starting in a 6–0 EFL Cup second round defeat to Arsenal.[9][10] Castro went onto make his only league appearance for West Brom on 28 February 2022, as a substitute in a 2–0 Championship defeat to Swansea City.[11]

On 14 July 2022, Castro joined League One side Burton Albion on a season-long loan.[12] Castro had his loan terminated by mutual consent on 1 September.[13] On 12 September 2022, Castro joined National League club Notts County on loan until 8 January 2023.[14] Upon the expiration of his contract, he joined fellow National League club Gateshead on loan until the end of the season.[15]

On 28th June 2023, it was announced that Castro would sign with National League side York City following the expiration of his West Bromwich Albion contract.[16]

Style of play

Castro has been described as an "energetic and powerful central midfielder".[6]

Personal life

Castro was born in Portugal to a Santomean father and an Angolan mother.[17] His brothers Rudy, Valter Rocha, and Aires are also footballers.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leiston 2019–20[8] Southern League Premier Division Central 3110—1[lower-alpha 1]152
Bury Town 2019–20[19] Isthmian League North Division 2000—0020
West Bromwich Albion 2021–22[10] EFL Championship 2000100030
2022–23[20] 0000000000
Total 2000100030
Burton Albion (loan) 2022–23[20] EFL League One 3000101[lower-alpha 2]050
Notts County (loan) 2022–23[2] National League 14410—00154
Gateshead (loan) 2022–23[2] National League 1000—1[lower-alpha 3]020
York City 2023–24[2] National League 4000—0040
Career total 295202031366
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Southern League Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

West Bromwich Albion U23

References

  1. ↑ "Quévin Castro :: Quévin Moisés Cachicote da Rocha de Castro :: West Bromwich". www.playmakerstats.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Quevin Castro". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 Warren, Andy (13 July 2021). "Long-time Ipswich trialist signs for West Brom". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Exclusive: West Bromwich Albion's new signing Quevin Castro hoping to go to the very top". SuffolkNews. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Apicella, Liam (13 July 2021). "West Bromwich Albion sign Thetford-raised Quevin Castro". SuffolkNews. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Masi, Joseph (14 July 2021). "West Brom sign teen Quevin Castro after impressing on trial". Express & Star. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Wolves Left-Back and Former Manchester United Trainee Among Blues Trialists — Ipswich Town News". TWTD.co.uk. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Quevin Castro Profile". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  9. ↑ Chapman, Joseph (25 August 2021). "West Brom v Arsenal team news as Ismael hands out five debuts". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Quevin Castro in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  11. ↑ Ally, Marcus (1 March 2022). "Quevin Castro sends message to West Brom supporters after making debut in 2-0 loss to Swansea City". Football League World. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Quevin Castro completes loan switch to Burton". West Bromwich Albion. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "CASTRO LOAN TERMINATED BY MUTUAL CONSENT". www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  14. ↑ "Signing: Quevin Castro". www.nottscountyfc.co.uk. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Quevin Castro signs". gateshead-fc.com. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  16. ↑ Ramsey, Gabriel (28 June 2023). "York City snap up West Brom midfielder on permanent deal". York Press. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  17. ↑ "Angola pick several new faces for upcoming friendlies". BBC Sport. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  18. ↑ Madeley, Steve. "Quevin Castro: Albion's teen star plucked from non-League with lofty ambitions". The Athletic.
  19. ↑ "Bury Town — Appearances — Quevin Castro — 2019–2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Quevin Castro in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  21. ↑ Masi, Joseph (13 May 2022). "West Brom win Black Country derby PL Cup final in dramatic penalty shoot-out". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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