| Sebastian Castro-Tello | |
| Birth Date: | 14 March 1987 |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Position: | Midfielder, Striker |
| Youthyears1: | 1995 |
| Youthclubs1: | Norsborgs IF |
| Youthyears2: | 1995–1997 |
| Youthclubs2: | Essinge IK |
| Youthyears3: | 1998–2002 |
| Years1: | 1998–2006 |
| Caps1: | 31 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2006–2013 |
| Caps2: | 139 |
| Goals2: | 19 |
| Years3: | 2013 |
| Clubs3: | → Ravan Baku (loan) |
| Caps3: | 9 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2014 |
| Clubs4: | Degerfors IF |
| Caps4: | 27 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Years5: | 2015 |
| Clubs5: | Nacka FF |
| Years6: | 2016 |
| Clubs6: | Arameiska-Syrianska IF |
| Nationalyears1: | 2006 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2007 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
| Pcupdate: | 14 February 2017 |
Sebastian Castro-Tello (born 14 March 1987) is a Swedish former professional football player of Chilean descent.
He started his senior career at Hammarby Talang FF before signing his first professional contract, a four-year deal, with their parent club Hammarby IF in 2006. Castro-Tello made four appearances for the side in Allsvenskan during the same season.[1]
In 2007, he put on impressive performances whilst playing 16 games and scoring 4 goals. In the off season, Castro-Tello was nominated to win the award as the newcomer of the year on the Swedish Fotbollsgalan. However, the price later went to Gefle IF's striker Johan Oremo.[2]
He played another two full seasons in Allsvenskan as a starter for Hammarby, before the club got relegated to Superettan, the Swedish second tier, in 2009. During the same year Castro-Tello sparked some controversy as he allegedly featured in a non-professional game for another club, managed by some of his childhood friends. The claims from the opposing team where however never proven.[3]
In 2010, he enjoyed a fruitful partnership with the striker Linus Hallenius in Superettan, scoring 8 goals for the club.[4] He scored another 4 goals for the club in a successful run in Svenska Cupen, where Hammarby lost out on the gold medal after a loss in the final against Helsingborgs IF.
During the following seasons his performances declined. In late 2012, Hammarby unsuccessfully searched to terminate his contract following a series of reported misbehaviour.[5]
In July 2013, Castro-Tello joined the Azerbaijan Premier League club Ravan Baku on a year long loan.[6] [7] On 10 August 2013, Castro-Tello made his debut for Ravan Baku at home in their 0–2 defeat against Neftchi Baku.[8] Castro-Tello's first goal for Ravan came on 25 August 2013, in the club's 1–5 home defeat against Inter Baku.[9]
In early October Castro-Tello returned to Sweden, whilst still under contract, after a dispute with Ravan over terms in his contract, which he felt where broken by the club.[10] [11] [12] Castro-Tello's loan contract was cancelled in December.[13] [14]
Before the 2014 season, he signed a two-year deal with Degerfors IF in Superettan.[15] He enjoyed a successful campaign at his new side, scoring 7 goals in 27 competitive games. However, Castro-Tello terminated his contract with the club by mutual consent in early 2015, citing homesickness as the main reason.[16]
He then returned to his home town Stockholm, where he represented various teams in the lower leagues during 2015 and 2016, thus effectively ending his professional career.[17]
Castro-Tello played as a striker during some games in 2008, but his standard position was attacking midfielder.
He made his debut for the Sweden national under-21 football team on 5 June 2007 against Switzerland national under-21 football team. In total, he won 11 caps and scored 3 goals for the U21s.[17]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | Europe[20] | Total | |||||||
| 2006 | Hammarby | Allsvenskan | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2007 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 5 | |||||
| 2008 | 21 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
| 2010 | Superettan | 26 | 8 | 5 | 4 | — | 31 | 12 | |||
| 2011 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| 2012 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 3 | ||||
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Azerbaijan | League | Azerbaijan Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2013–14 | Ravan Baku | APL | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | ||
| Total | Sweden | 134 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 138 | 20 | ||||
| Azerbaijan | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 9 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 143 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 147 | 22 | |||||