Nachman Castro

Nachman Castro was born in 1948 in İzmir

Nachman Castro was born on 23 January 1948 in İzmir, Turkey, to a Jewish family descended from Jews expelled from Spain. He moved to Israel with his family at a young age.

He started playing in the youth department of Hapoel Tel Aviv and won the youth championship in 1966 under coach Rehavia Rosenbaum. He then joined the senior squad. He scored his first goal for the club on 25 November 1967 in a 3-0 win over Shimshon Tel Aviv, and that year the team won the Asian Club Championship.

With Hapoel Tel Aviv he won the league title in 1969 and the State Cup in 1972. During the 1970s he was the team's regular left back and scored 2 goals for the club in total.

He played 4 matches for the Israel national team. His debut came on 15 September 1968 against the United States in New York, he played at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, and his last match was on 17 July 1971 against Italy.

After retiring he met Suzy, a Jewish woman of Mexican origin. After their wedding he moved to Mexico.