Kevin Duván Castaño Gil (born 29 September 2000) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Argentine Primera División club River Plate and the Colombia national team.
 Castaño with Colombia in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kevin Duván Castaño Gil | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 September 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Itagüí, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | River Plate | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2020 | Águilas Doradas | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Águilas Doradas | 75 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Cruz Azul | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Krasnodar | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | River Plate | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Colombia | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:13, 21 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
A product of Águilas Doradas, Castaño established himself in Colombia before moving abroad in 2023 to join Cruz Azul in Mexico. He later transferred to FC Krasnodar, where he won the Russian Premier League in his first season, the club’s first league title in history. In 2025, he signed with River Plate in Argentina.
At international level, Castaño made his senior debut for Colombia in 2023 and was part of the squad that finished runners-up at the 2024 Copa América.
Club career
editÁguilas Doradas
editBorn in Itagüí, Castaño came through the academy system at Águilas Doradas having joined when he was 12 years old.[1] By the age of fifteen he was promoted to their under-20 team, and at eighteen years-old made the step up to the senior team, and his debut professional debut followed two years later.[2]
Cruz Azul
editKrasnodar
editRiver Plate
editOn 12 March 2025, Castaño signed with River Plate in Argentina.[6]
International career
editCastano made his debut for the Colombia senior side in a friendly match against the United States on 28 January 2023.[7] He was called up again to the Colombia squad for friendly matches against South Korea and Japan in March 2023.[8][9]
Personal life
editHis father Richard, with whom he would have training sessions as a youngster, was a big influence on his football career.[10]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 21 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Águilas Doradas | 2020 | Liga DIMAYOR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Liga DIMAYOR | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Liga DIMAYOR | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Liga DIMAYOR | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | ||
| Total | 75 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 81 | 2 | |||
| Cruz Azul | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Krasnodar | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| River Plate | 2025 | AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10[c] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2026 | AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 140 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 174 | 3 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearances in Leagues Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
International
editHonours
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Professional Team Selection gilding. Kevin Castaño cited to the microcycle of work with Colombia". Aguilasdoradas.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Kevin Castaño on his call-up: I can contribute a lot to the Colombian National Team". Carocol.com. 14 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Kevin Castaño llega a México para reforzar a Cruz Azul". Excélsior (in Spanish). 22 June 2023. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ↑ "КЕВИН КАСТАНЬО ПЕРЕХОДИТ В "КРАСНОДАР"" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 5 January 2024. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ↑ "КЕВИН КАСТАНЬО СТАЛ ИГРОКОМ "КРАСНОДАРА"". fckrasnodar.ru/ (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 21 January 2024. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ↑ "Kevin Castaño, nuevo jugador de River Plate" [Kevin Castaño, new River Plate player] (in Russian). River Plate. 13 March 2025.
- ↑ "Álvaro Montero, Kevin Castaño, Juanfer Quintero and Nelson Palacio, the contribution of the FPC for the friendlies against Korea and Japan". ESPN.com. 13 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Kevin Castaño is confident of earning a place in Néstor Lorenzo's team". espn.com. 13 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Kevin Castaño: "My first call-up to the National Team is motivation"". colombia.as.com. 14 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "This is Kevin Castaño: one of the best midfielders of the FPC who received a call to the National Team". 13 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ Kevin Castaño at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ ""Краснодар" впервые стал чемпионом Мир РПЛ!" [Krasnodar became the champions of Mir RPL for the first time!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 24 May 2025. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
External links
edit- Kevin Castaño at Soccerway