José Ignacio Castillo

A prolific striker, nicknamed Nacho,^[2] he moved in Italy in 2001 to join Serie D club Brindisi, offering a massive contribution to their promotion to Serie C2 thanks to 15 goals in 23 matches. Despite this, he was not initially allowed to try his luck into professional football due to his lack of a European Union passport, and consequently opted to join Salentinian Serie D side Nardò, where he scored 17 goals. In 2003, he left Nardò for Vigor Lamezia, where he scored an impressive 24 goals in 32 matches.

In 2004, Castillo returned to Apulia to join newly promoted but ambitious Serie D side Gallipoli, helping them to gain two consecutive promotions thanks to a 40 goals in 55 matches, being now able to play into Serie C2 during the 2005–06 season after having finally obtained an Italian passport at the age of 29.^[2]

For the 2006–07 season Castillo agreed to join Serie B side Frosinone in a loan deal, but failed to impress, scoring only 5 goals in 30 matches and being mostly featured as a substitute during the campaign. For the following season he signed for newly promoted Serie B club Pisa and presented himself by scoring two winning goals to Bari in his debut match with the nerazzurri. At the end of the season he had scored 21 goals, gaining fifth place in the scorers table.

In August 2008 he was signed by newly promoted Serie A club U.S. Lecce, thus returning to Salento. With the giallorossi side he scored 7 goals in 29 matches, making his Serie A debut against Torino on 31 August 2008.

2009年7月20日、彼はフィオレンティーナと2年契約で100万ユーロで正式に契約した。^{[ 3 ]}彼は2009年12月9日にヨーロッパデビューを果たし、リバプールFC戦で83分にロレンツォ・デ・シルヴェストリと交代した。当時は1-1の引き分けだったが、アルベルト・ジラルディーノのラストミニッツゴールで2-1で勝利した。^{[ 4 ]} 2010年1月10日、彼はセリエAの対戦相手ASバーリとのホーム戦で2-1の勝利を決定づける重要なゴールを決めた。

2010年1月15日、ASバーリはアルゼンチン人ストライカーをACFフィオレンティーナから30万ユーロで期限付き移籍で獲得した。^{[ 5 ] [ 6 ]}シーズン終了後、彼はバーリと50万ユーロで完全移籍し、 2年契約を結んだ。 ^{[ 6 ]}契約終了後、カスティージョは指導者としてのキャリアを始めるために現役引退を発表したが、2013年4月にその決定を撤回し、昇格の望みを強めるために緊急ストライカーを探していたレガ・プロ・プリマ・ディヴィジオーネのクラブ、トラパニとシーズン終了までの短期契約を受け入れた。カスティージョは3試合に出場したが得点はなく、それでもトラパニはリーグタイトルを獲得した。^{[ 7 ]}