Luis Castro (footballer born 1974)

Luis Castro (born 1974, Malaga) is a Spanish former footballer who played for the Grijzestad Strijders as a forward but was also employed as an attacking midfield. Starting off with local side Malaga CF, he transferred to Marseille for the 1996-97 season. In 1999 he was sold to Grijzestad for 2,000,000 €. At the time he was an expensive player but did not disappoint, as he became "the director" at Grijzestad and helped them to a league win in 1999-00. In 2001, he was named Player of the year by the AFC. After a few good seasons, Castro fell into bad form and was benched in 2002. But, injuries to other attackers saw him return in 2003 and find good form, and in the 2004-05 season he won another league title with Grijzestad. In the summer of 2006, Castro was sold (an unpopular move) to the Helmond Raiders for €1.5 million. Castro was not successful at his new team and retired in 2008.