2022-12-07
For football there are no ages, this has been demonstrated by several footballers who have passed the years and are still active, but for a retiree to return to the ring 22 years later and at 53 years of age, is truly crazy.
It is nothing more than the exatacante of the motagua, Geovanny ‘Deer’ Castro, whom life took him to spain for family reasons and there he has been reborn as a footballer. The Honduran spoke with Brand and told his story.
“For a Central American soccer player to play in regional soccer in Spain is understood as a more or less common occurrence. But the fact that he has been a star in his country, international and top scorer in his league is not so much anymore. If we add age to that, 53 years old!!!, things become quite an event. As soon as the transfer from Honduras arrives, he will compete in the league again, in this case with Tintoralba de Higueruela in the regional category, ”says the Spanish newspaper.
“I came to Spain for family reasons and the opportunity was given to work here with the children of Balompédica Albacete and now this opportunity to play again has arrived, so I’m delighted,” said deer Castro, a new Higueruela player.
‘El Venado’ Castro spoke with the Spanish newspaper in the adjacent fields of the Municipal Carlos Belmontewhere he trains the children of the Balompedic Albacete and according to what the media reviews. the player “offers an impeccable appearance, he doesn’t look like he’s 53 years old. He wears classic Adidas World Cup, no modern colorful boots, and moves with agility ”.
“I played my last match in the First Division at Vida in Honduras 20 years ago, then I continued playing in the lower categories and later with veterans, but I never stopped playing soccer, I’m keeping up well,” confesses the Honduran.
“Venado” was a popular Honduran player who stood out with the jersey of the motagua, Superstar, Lifeamong other teams from the first division.
“The first day I came to the team the kids looked at me strangely, I told them that I was looking to help and when we started to play their faces changed; then I told them who I was and they took out their cell phones to look up my history on the Internet with surprised faces, ”she says with a laugh.
“I can help in certain aspects, I can teach facets such as the importance of harmony in the team, interest in each training session, seriousness and other issues that are dealt with in professional football,” he confirmed.
– The coach of ‘Venado’ Castro spoke –
Jorge ‘Tito’ Honrubia is the coach of tintoralba of Higueruela, a town of 1,135 inhabitants located 42 kilometers from the capital of Albacete. In addition, Tito runs a local soccer school, Balompedica CD Albacete.
“Geovanny trains a children’s team, at the end of last season we played a match between the coaching staff and the youth team, and seeing him there we were delighted, he has plenty of qualities to play in the regional category, so I proposed him and to the directors of the club the possibility of counting on him. He started training in the summer, he is perfectly integrated and as soon as the transfer arrives in a few days he will play, he has quality and capacity to spare, ”explains the coach.
“He is an old-fashioned center forward, he understands football very well, he knows how to play with his back to his back, occupy free spaces, throw a wall, he stands out very well and has a good shot. He may lack some speed but his other qualities make him a good player for this category. I am sure that he will contribute a lot to us. I am very excited, for us it is a pride to have an international player”, he anticipates Tito Honrubia.
geovvany castro He left a separate paragraph that was unknown within the Honduran soccer environment. The 53-year-old man assured that he was promised in his prolific time that the Barcelona I was going to sign him.
“A Spanish coach named López Nombela arrived and offered me the possibility of coming here to Spain to play in Barcelona, but it never came to fruition, in those years Honduran football was not seen and unfortunately that opportunity did not come.” The player who returned to the ring said between regrets.
