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 Mirassol.

Iury Castilho
Personal information
Full name Iury Lírio Freitas de Castilho
Date of birth (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Mirassol
Number 77
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)
2019Al-Fayha (loan) 4 (0)
2019–2022 Portimonense 7 (1)
2020Renofa Yamaguchi (loan) 31 (9)
2021CSA (loan) 35 (11)
2022Ceará (loan) 13 (0)
2023 Cuiabá 21 (3)
2023–2024 Vitória 20 (5)
2024– Mirassol 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:57, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Career

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Iury Castilho is a product of Madureira, Tigres do Brasil and Avaí FC 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 Clube Atlético Metropolitano on 19 February 2015.[1] He stayed with the club for three years, leaving in 2017.[2]

In July 2017 he signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League's FC Zorya Luhansk.[3] In February 2018, Iury Castilho scored a spectacular bicycle kick in his team's 3–0 win over FC Vorskla Poltava, and celebrated by mimicking a monkey in response to having received "monkey chants".[4]

On 7 June 2018, he moved to UAE Pro-League club Al-Nasr Dubai SC.[5][6] He was loaned out to Al-Fayha six months later on 18 January 2019.[7] At the end of the loan, he signed for Portimonense of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on a three-year contract in June 2019.[8]

Career Statistics

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Club

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As of match played 7 September 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in UAE League Cup
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Alagoano
  7. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
  8. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  9. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Verde
  10. ^ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Baiano

Honours

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CSA

Cuiabá

References

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  1. ^ "Avaí 1-2 Metropolitano -Campeonato Catarinense 2015". Ogol.br (in Breton). 19 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Avaí acerta a venda do atacante Iury para o Zorya Luhansk, da Ucrânia". Globo Esporto (in Brazilian Portuguese). 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ Юри Фрейтас де Кастильо – игрок «Зари»! (in Russian). Official FC Zorya Site. 22 July 2017.
  4. ^ Kilpatrick, James (28 February 2018). "Zorya Luhansk's Iury scores brilliant bicycle kick, mocks racists with monkey celebration". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. ^ "The player will wear jersey No. 9, All the best for our striker". Twitter. @AL-NASRSC. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. ^ Monaghan, Matt (7 June 2018). "UAE news: Al Nasr snap up promising Brazilian striker Brazilian Iury de Castilho from Zorya Luhansk". Sport360.com.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Iury Castilho assina pelo Portimonense por três anos". Record.pt (in Portuguese). 25 June 2019.
  9. ^ Iury Castilho at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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