Jesús Antonio Castro González (23 January 1951 – 26 July 1993) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
[1] Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Castro spent his entire professional career with neighbouring club Sporting de Gijón, signing on 11 March 1968 from local amateurs CD Ensidesa.
He totalled 64 Segunda División appearances in his first three seasons, including all 38 games in 1969–70 to help the team to promote to La Liga as champions.
Following the emergence of fellow youth graduate Juan Carlos Ablanedo[3] and a herniated disc injury from which he never recovered and that led to him becoming the first Spanish player to be eligible for a disability grant,[4] he retired at the age of 36.
[5][6] With 763 appearances between the siblings in the Spanish top flight, they ranked second in this list behind Julio and Patxi Salinas at the time of their retirement.