Mario Alfonso Castillo Díaz (born 30 October 1957 in San Miguel, El Salvador

San Miguel, El Salvador

San Miguel is the fourth most populous city in El Salvador after Santa Ana and Soyapango and the second most important after San Salvador. It is located 138 km east of the capital, San Salvador. It is also the capital of the department of San Miguel and a municipality...

) is a retired football player.

Club career

Nicknamed Macora, he started his career at local side Dragón

C.D. Dragon

Club Deportivo Dragón is a Salvadoran football club. The team currently plays in San Miguel, El Salvador.-Achievements:*Primera División: 2*El Salvador Benefit Tournament: 1-Current squad:As of 2010:=-Notable players:...

 when 18 years of age and later played for Águila

C.D. Águila

Club Deportivo Águila is a Salvadoran football club based in San Miguel. They currently play in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, and are one of the most prestigious teams in the country along with long-time rivals Club Deportivo FAS...

, with whom he won 3 league titles. In 1978 he joined the star-studded team of Santiagueño, winning another league title with them, and moved to Alianza

Alianza F.C.

Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Alianza is one of the most popular and successful clubs in El Salvador...

 in 1984 before returning to Águila to end his career with them.

Retirement

Since his retirement from football in 1987, he has been working as a sales manager of a car-service company in his hometown.

International career

Castillo has represented El Salvador

El Salvador national football team

El Salvador's national football team represents El Salvador in international football and is sanctioned by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol . In 1899, Santa Ana and San Salvador met for the first hosted football game in El Salvador...

 in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification

FIFA World Cup qualification

The FIFA World Cup qualification is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals. The FIFA World Cup is a global event, so qualification is required to reduce the large field of participants from about 200 to 32.Qualifying tournaments...

 matches, but most notably played for his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

Honours

• Salvadoran Premier League: 4

1972, 1976, 1977, 1980

External links

• Bio - El Diario de Hoy