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{{short description|Uruguayan footballer and coach (1904-1960)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Castro|Rodríguez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Héctor Castro
| image = Héctor Castro (1928).jpg
| caption = Castro in 1928
| fullname = Agustín Héctor Castro Rodríguez<ref>{{cite web | url=https://atilio.uy/jugador:413 | title=Castro, Héctor }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1904|11|29}}
| birth_place = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1960|09|15|1904|11|29}}
| death_place = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
| height = 
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Attacker]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1921–1924
| youthclubs1 = Athletic Club Lito
| years1 = 1923–1932
| years2 = 1932–1933
| years3 = 1933–1936
| clubs1 = [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
| clubs2 = [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes]]
| clubs3 = [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
| caps1 = 
| caps2 = 31
| caps3 = 231<ref name="playing_record">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/hector-castro-1.html |title=Héctor Castro Biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612162522/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/hector-castro-1.html |archive-date=12 June 2010 }} Retrieved on 30 July 2009.</ref>
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 9
| goals3 = 149<ref name="playing_record"/>
| totalcaps = 
| totalgoals = 
| nationalyears1 = 1923–1935
| nationalteam1 = [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
| nationalcaps1 = 25
| nationalgoals1 = 18
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{URU}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]] | [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930 Uruguay]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América|South American Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1926 South American Championship|1926 Chile]]|}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[1935 South American Championship|1935 Peru]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1927 South American Championship|1927 Peru]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1929 South American Championship|1929 Argentina]]|}}
| managerclubs1 = [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
| manageryears1 = 1939–1943
| manageryears2 = 1952
| manageryears3 = 1959
| club-update = 
| nationalteam-update = 
}}
'''Agustín Héctor Castro Rodríguez''' (29 November 1904 – 15 September 1960) was a [[Football in Uruguay|Uruguay]]an [[association football|football]] player and coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27655 |title=Héctor Castro |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref> He scored Uruguay's first ever goal in a World Cup against Peru at the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930]] a tournament they would go on to win.

==Early life==
Castro was born in [[Montevideo]]. When he was 13, he accidentally amputated his right forearm while using an electric saw, which gave origin to his nickname, ''El manco'' (meaning "the one-armed", or "the maimed").<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/fact/q_a_h_ctor_castro_1930s_disabled_football_star.shtml|title=Ouch Q&A: Héctor Castro 1930s disabled football star|last=Peck|first=Sunil|date=7 June 2006|work=Ouch!|publisher=BBC|access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref>

==Playing career==

===1933 Uruguayan Championship===
In the 1933 Uruguayan Championship, [[Club Atlético Peñarol|Peñarol]] player Braulio Castro scored a controversial goal in the championship match where the ball clearly went out of play, but rebounded off a [[kinesiology|kinesiologist]]'s medicine cabinet back into play in the build-up to the goal. This turned out to be the only goal of the game, and the opposition, [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]], felt very hard done by, and three of their players were [[Penalty card#Red card|sent off]], for assaulting the referee in annoyance at the goal. This meant that the referee, [[Telésforo Rodríguez]], was unable to continue through injury, so one of the [[linesmen|assistant referees]], [[Luis Scandroglio]], stepped in, and immediately abandoned the match due to bad light, after seventy minutes.<ref name="rsssf1">{{cite web| url   = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru33.html| title = Uruguay 1933 Championship
| publisher = [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref>

Over two months later, on 30 July, the League Board decided to disallow the goal, and also rescinded one of the three aforementioned sendings-off (that of [[Ulises Chifflet]]). They also ruled that the final twenty minutes would be played at [[Estadio Centenario]], but behind closed doors to try to avoid the same controversy which had plagued the original encounter. The match went ahead behind closed doors, and there were no goals in the twenty minutes. In a highly unorthodox move, two sessions of extra-time were played (the usual allowance would be a single session), the score remained goalless.<ref name="rsssf1" /> [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]'s fans remember this game as the "9 contra 11" ("9 against 11") since their team played the remaining 20 minutes plus both overtimes (totalling over 80 minutes) with nine players.

A second playoff, which consisted of a standard match, followed once again by two sessions of extra-time, was played on 2 September, but still the deadlock wasn't broken.<ref name="rsssf1" />

A third playoff was contested on 18 November, and Héctor Castro played a vital role in this match, scoring a hat-trick which meant twice equalising as well as scoring the winning goal for [[Nacional Montevideo|Nacional]], in a 3–2 win over [[Peñarol]], which finally settled the Uruguayan Championship, almost six months after the controversial first playoff. This controversial playoff also meant that the Uruguayan Championship of 1933 was bizarrely not awarded until November 1934.<ref name="rsssf1" />

===International career===
Castro made his debut for the [[Uruguay national football team]] in November 1923. He played his final match for ''la Celeste'' in August 1935 having played 25 times, scoring 18 goals.<ref name="rsssf2">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html |title=Appearances for Uruguay National Team |access-date=15 December 2009 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126001348/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html |archive-date=26 January 2010 }}</ref>

====1928 Olympics====
Playing for Uruguay at the [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Olympic Games]] Castro won a gold medal.<ref name="fifa1">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=47398/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416020907/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=47398/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2009|title=FIFA Player Statistics: Hector Castro|publisher=FIFA|access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref>

====1930 FIFA World Cup====
Castro's goal in the World Cup Final helped Uruguay win the first [[FIFA World Cup]] in [[FIFA World Cup 1930|1930]].<ref name="fifa1" /> He also scored the first ever goal at Estadio Centenario, against [[Peru national football team|Peru]], in that tournament.

====South American Championship====
Castro played in [[Copa América|South American Championship]]-winning teams in [[1926 South American Championship|1926]] and [[1935 South American Championship|1935]].

====International goals====
<small>Uruguay's goal tally first</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
|+
! # !! Date !!  Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
|align=center| 1. || 25 November 1923 ||[[Estadio Pocitos]], Montevideo, [[Uruguay]] || {{fb|CHI}} ||align=center| '''1'''–0 ||align=center| 2–1 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
|align=center| 2. || rowspan=2|8 December 1923 || rowspan=2|[[Estadio Alsina y Colón|Estadio Racing Club]], Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]] || rowspan="2" |{{fb|ARG}} ||align=center| '''1'''–1 || rowspan=2 align=center| 3–2 || rowspan=2|[[Exhibition match|Copa Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores]]
|-
|align=center| 3. || align=center| '''3'''–2 
|-
|align=center| 4. || 17 October 1926 ||[[Estadio Campos de Sports de Ñuñoa|Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa]], Santiago, [[Chile]] || {{fb|CHI}} ||align=center| '''2'''–0 ||align=center| 3–1 || rowspan=6|[[1926 South American Championship]]
|-
|align=center| 5. || 24 October 1926 ||[[Estadio Campos de Sports de Ñuñoa|Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa]], Santiago, [[Chile]] || {{fb|ARG}} ||align=center| '''2'''–0 ||align=center| 2–0
|-
|align=center| 6. || rowspan=4|1 November 1926 || rowspan=4|[[Estadio Campos de Sports de Ñuñoa|Estadio Sport de Ñuñoa]], Santiago, [[Chile]] || rowspan=4|{{fb|PAR}} ||align=center| '''1'''–0 || rowspan=4 align=center| 6–1
|-
|align=center| 7. || align=center| '''2'''–0
|-
|align=center| 8. || align=center| '''3'''–0
|-
|align=center| 9. || align=center| '''5'''–1
|-
|align=center| 10. || 1 November 1927 ||[[Estadio Nacional (1897)|Estadio Nacional]], Lima, [[Peru]] || {{fb|PER}} ||align=center| '''4'''–0 ||align=center| 4–0 || rowspan=2|[[1927 South American Championship]]
|-
|align=center| 11. || 6 November 1927 ||[[Estadio Nacional (1897)|Estadio Nacional]], Lima, [[Peru]] || {{fb|BOL}} ||align=center| '''6'''–0 ||align=center| 9–0
|-
|align=center| 12. || 10 December 1927 || [[Viña del Mar]], [[Chile]] || {{fb|CHI}} ||align=center| '''2'''–2 || align=center| 3–2 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
|align=center| 13. || 3 June 1928 ||[[Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)|Olympic Stadium]], Amsterdam, [[Netherlands]] || {{fb|GER}} ||align=center| '''1'''–0 ||align=center| 4–1 || [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Summer Olympics]]
|-
|align=center| 14. || 20 September 1929 ||[[Estadio Gran Parque Central]], Montevideo, [[Uruguay]] || {{fb|ARG}} ||align=center| '''1'''–0 ||align=center| 2–1 || [[Copa Newton|1929 Copa Newton]]
|-
|align=center| 15. || 18 July 1930 ||[[Estadio Centenario]], Montevideo, [[Uruguay]] || {{fb|PER}} ||align=center| '''1'''–0 ||align=center| 1–0 || [[1930 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
|align=center| 16. || 30 July 1930 ||[[Estadio Centenario]], Montevideo, [[Uruguay]] || {{fb|ARG}} ||align=center| '''4'''–2 ||align=center| 4–2 || [[1930 FIFA World Cup final]]
|-
|align=center| 17. || 13 January 1935 ||[[Estadio Nacional (1897)|Estadio Nacional]], Lima, [[Peru]] || {{fb|PER}} ||align=center| '''1'''–0 ||align=center| 1–0 || rowspan=2|[[1935 South American Championship]]
|-
|align=center| 18. || 27 January 1935 ||[[Estadio Nacional (1897)|Estadio Nacional]], Lima, [[Peru]] || {{fb|ARG}} ||align=center| '''1'''–0 ||align=center| 3–0
|-
|}

==Coaching career==
After retiring as a player, Castro worked as a football coach with Nacional. He won the Uruguayan championship in 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, and again in 1952.

==Later life and death==
Castro died in 1960 at the age of fifty five.

== Honours ==

===As a player===
*[[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]

===As a coach===
*[[Primera División Uruguaya|Uruguayan Championship]]: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1952

===As an assistant coach===
*[[Primera División Uruguaya|Uruguayan Championship]]: 1939

Castro was assistant coach to William Reaside in 1939 but was coach in the finals for that year's tournament. Therefore, he was Nacional's coach at all five years of the Quinquenio de Oro's closing games.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{1930 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament}}
{{Uruguayan Primera División winning managers}}
{{Uruguay Squad South American Championship 1926}}
{{Uruguay squad 1927 South American Championship}}
{{Uruguay Squad 1928 Summer Olympics}}
{{Uruguay Squad 1930 World Cup}}
{{Uruguay Squad South American Championship 1935}} 
{{Uruguay Squad South American Championship 1959 (Argentina)}}
{{Club Nacional de Football managers}}
{{Uruguay national football team managers}}
{{Rampla Juniors managers}}

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