Valentín Castellanos

Valentín Mariano José Castellanos Giménez (born 3 October 1998) is an Argentinian footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club New York City FC.

Valentín Castellanos
Personal information
Full name Valentín Mariano José Castellanos Giménez
Date of birth (1998-10-03) 3 October 1998
Place of birth Mendoza, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Forward
Club information
Current team
 New York City FC
Number 11
Youth career
Villa Nueva
Independiente Rivadavia
Leonardo Murialdo
0000–2017 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Universidad de Chile 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Torque (loan) 23 (4)
2018–2019 Torque 0 (0)
2018 → New York City FC (loan) 8 (1)
2019– New York City FC 52 (17)
National team‡
2020– Argentina U23 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 February 2020

Club career

Castellanos started his club career at Universidad de Chile before moving to Torque in 2017. On 27 July 2018, he joined Major League Soccer side New York City FC on loan until the end of the 2018 season.[1] In his first match with New York City FC, he started for the club and scored a goal against the Vancouver Whitecaps.

New York City exercised their option to buy Castellanos on 29 November 2018, ahead of the 2019 season.[2]

International career

In October 2019, Castellanos was called up for the first time to the Argentina national under-23 football team by coach Fernando Batista for two friendly matches against Mexico.[3]

Career statistics
Club Season Division League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Club Atletico Torque 2017 Segunda División 11 2 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 12 2
2018 Primera División 12 2 6[lower-alpha 2] 1 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 - - 19 3
Club Atletico Torque Totals 23 4 6 1 1 0 1 0 31 5
New York City FC (Loan) 2018 MLS 8 1 0 0 2 0 - - 10 1
New York City FC 2019 30 11 3 0 1 0 - - 34 11
2020 22 6 - - - - 3 0 25 6
New York City FC totals 60 18 3 0 3 0 3 0 69 18
Career Totals 83 22 9 1 4 0 4 0 100 23
  1. 1 Appearance in Copa Sudamerica
  2. Appearances in 2018 Torneo Intermedio
  3. Appearance in 2018 Torneo Intermedio Final

Honours

Argentina U23

Individual

References
  1. "Valentin Castellanos Joins New York City FC | New York City FC".
  2. "Chanot and McNamara declined as NYCFC continue change | MLSsoccer.com".
  3. "La historia de Valentín Castellanos, el goleador argentino que deslumbró a la mano derecha de Guardiola". www.clarin.com.
  4. "NYCFC forward Valentin Castellanos named MLS Player of the Month for October, November". Major League Soccer. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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