| Castro | |
| Full Name: | Luiz Felipe Castro Neto |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.91m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Ponte Preta |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | São Cristóvão |
| Years1: | 2014 |
| Clubs1: | Coríntians |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | Olaria |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Clubs3: | Amparo |
| Caps3: | 12 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2017 |
| Clubs4: | Icasa |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018 |
| Clubs5: | Ferroviário |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs6: | Alcanenense |
| Years7: | 2019 |
| Clubs7: | Cascavel CR |
| Caps7: | 9 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2020 |
| Clubs8: | Anapolina |
| Caps8: | 1 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2020 |
| Clubs9: | Caucaia |
| Caps9: | 1 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2021 |
| Clubs10: | Cascavel CR |
| Caps10: | 9 |
| Goals10: | 3 |
| Years11: | 2021 |
| Clubs11: | Caucaia |
| Caps11: | 7 |
| Goals11: | 1 |
| Years12: | 2021 |
| Caps12: | 9 |
| Goals12: | 2 |
| Years13: | 2022 |
| Clubs13: | UNIRB |
| Caps13: | 5 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Years14: | 2022 |
| Clubs14: | Garibaldi |
| Caps14: | 8 |
| Goals14: | 4 |
| Years15: | 2023 |
| Clubs15: | Águia de Marabá |
| Caps15: | 20 |
| Goals15: | 2 |
| Years16: | 2023– |
| Clubs16: | Ponte Preta |
| Caps16: | 14 |
| Goals16: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 22:40, 23 February 2024 (UTC) |
Luiz Felipe Castro Neto (born 13 February 1995), commonly known as Castro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ponte Preta.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Castro represented hometown side São Cristóvão as a youth.[1] He began his senior career with Coríntians, and subsequently represented Olaria, Amparo and Icasa, impressing in the 2017 Copa Fares Lopes with the latter.[2]
On 9 March 2018, Castro was announced at Ferroviário,[3] but left in April after just three matches. He had a short spell abroad with Portuguese side Alcanenense, before spending the 2019 season with Cascavel CR.
On 19 November 2019, Castro agreed to a deal with Capital,[4] but was announced at Anapolina on 2 January 2020.[5] On 7 February, after just one match, he moved to Caucaia.[6]
Castro returned to Cascavel for the 2021 campaign, but was suspended by the Federação Paranaense de Futebol for six matches after his club provided false COVID-19 test results.[7] He subsequently returned to Caucaia, but finished the year with .
Castro played the 2022 Campeonato Baiano with UNIRB, but moved to Garibaldi for the year's Copa FGF.[8] In December of that year, he was named in the squad of Águia de Marabá for the upcoming season,[9] and was a regular starter as the club won the 2023 Campeonato Paraense.
On 23 June 2023, Águia confirmed that Castro had agreed to a deal with Série B side Ponte Preta.[10] He only became a starter in the latter stages of the year,[11] but started the 2024 campaign as a first-choice.
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Coríntians | 2014 | Potiguar | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Olaria | 2016[12] | Carioca Série B | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Amparo | 2017 | Paulista 2ª Divisão | — | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||||
| Icasa | 2017 | Cearense Série B | — | — | — | — | 6[13] | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Ferroviário | 2018 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[14] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cascavel CR | 2019 | Paranaense | — | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Anapolina | 2020 | Goiano | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Caucaia | 2020 | Cearense | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Cascavel CR | 2021 | Paranaense | — | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Caucaia | 2021 | Série D | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2021 | Carioca Série B1 | — | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| UNIRB | 2022 | Baiano | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Garibaldi | 2022 | Gaúcho Série B | — | — | — | — | 8[15] | 4 | 8 | 4 | |||||
| Águia de Marabá | 2023 | Série D | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||
| Ponte Preta | 2023 | Série B | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 4[16] | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 20 | 1 | 71 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 116 | 15 | |||
Águia de Marabá