Iury Lírio Freitas de Castilho (born 6 September 1995), known professionally as Iury Castilho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sport Recife, on loan from Coritiba .
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iury Lírio Freitas de Castilho | ||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Sport Recife (on loan from Coritiba) | ||
| Number | 95 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Madureira | |||
| Tigres do Brasil | |||
| 2012–2014 | Avaí | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Avaí | 26 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Zorya Luhansk | 25 | (11) |
| 2018–2019 | Al-Nasr | 2 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Al-Fayha (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Portimonense | 7 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Renofa Yamaguchi (loan) | 31 | (9) |
| 2021 | → CSA (loan) | 35 | (11) |
| 2022 | → Ceará (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2023 | Cuiabá | 21 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | Vitória | 20 | (5) |
| 2024–2025 | Mirassol | 40 | (10) |
| 2025– | Coritiba | 27 | (4) |
| 2026– | → Sport Recife (loan) | 6 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 April 2026 | |||
Career
editIury Castilho is a product of Madureira, Tigres do Brasil and Avaí youth academies. He was brought up to Avai's first team in 2014 and made his professional debut with the club in February 2015 in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He scored his first goal for the club in the Campeonato Catarinense against Metropolitano on 19 February 2015.[citation needed] He stayed with the club for three years, leaving in 2017.[1]
In July 2017 he signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League's Zorya Luhansk.[2] In February 2018, Iury Castilho scored a spectacular bicycle kick in his team's 3–0 win over Vorskla Poltava, and celebrated by mimicking a monkey in response to having received "monkey chants".[3]
On 7 June 2018, he moved to UAE Pro-League club Al-Nasr Dubai SC.[4][5] He was loaned out to Al-Fayha six months later on 18 January 2019.[6] At the end of the loan, he signed for Portimonense of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on a three-year contract in June 2019.[7]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 7 September 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Avaí | 2014 | Série B | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | Série B | 3 | 0 | 14[a] | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |||
| Zorya Luhansk | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 25 | 11 | — | — | 5[c] | 0 | — | 30 | 11 | |||
| Al-Nasr | 2018–19 | UAE Pro League | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2[d] | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Al-Fayha (loan) | 2018–19 | Saudi Pro League | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Portimonense | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 4[e] | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Renofa Yamaguchi (loan) | 2020 | J2 League | 31 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 9 | ||||
| CSA (loan) | 2021 | Série B | 28 | 10 | 7[f] | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 8[g] | 0 | 45 | 11 | |
| Ceará (loan) | 2022 | Série A | 13 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 7[h] | 0 | 6[g] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Cuiabá | 2023 | Série A | 10 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2[i] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Vitória | 2023 | Série B | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 3 | ||||
| 2024 | Série B | 5 | 1 | 10[j] | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[g] | 1 | 19 | 5 | ||
| Total | 20 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 34 | 8 | |||
| Mirassol | 2024 | Série B | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 150 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 239 | 46 | ||
- 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense
- 1 2 Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UAE League Cup
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Alagoano
- 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Verde
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Baiano
Honours
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Avaí acerta a venda do atacante Iury para o Zorya Luhansk, da Ucrânia". Globo Esporto (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 July 2017.
- ↑ Юри Фрейтас де Кастильо – игрок «Зари»! (in Russian). Official FC Zorya Site. 22 July 2017.
- ↑ Kilpatrick, James (28 February 2018). "Zorya Luhansk's Iury scores brilliant bicycle kick, mocks racists with monkey celebration". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ "The player will wear jersey No. 9, All the best for our striker". Twitter. @AL-NASRSC. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ↑ Monaghan, Matt (7 June 2018). "UAE news: Al Nasr snap up promising Brazilian striker Brazilian Iury de Castilho from Zorya Luhansk". Sport360.com.
- ↑ "Al-Nasr Football Company agreed to loan Brazilian striker "Yuri Lirio" to the Saudi team @Alfaihaclub for 5 months". Twitter. Al Nasr. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ↑ "Iury Castilho assina pelo Portimonense por três anos". Record.pt (in Portuguese). 25 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021.
- ↑ Iury Castilho at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
External links
edit- Iury Castilho at Soccerway
- Iury Castilho at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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