Juan de Dios Castillo
Juan de Dios Castillo González was a Mexican footballer and former coach, last with F.C. Motagua of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the top tier of the Honduran football. He has coached in the Professional Mexican League, as well in the Honduras Professional League, being a 2 time Champion with Real España and Olimpia.Playing career
Club
He started playing professionally for Monterrey, in the Mexican league, he also played for Pachuca, San Luis, Toluca, Tampico Madero, Atlético Español and Unión de Curtidores, where he was called to be part of the Mexico national football team.International
He was called up for the Mexico national football team.Managerial career
Castillo graduated from the National School of Football Coaches in 1983, starting to coach in all the possible Divisions in the Mexican league: 3rd Division, 2nd Division, 1st Division A, and First Division.
He was the 3rd best Mexican coach in the history of the Mexico national under-20 football team, with excellent numbers achieved a 5th place in the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.
With a percentage of victories of the 60%, and players such as Oswaldo Sánchez, Duilio Davino and Rafael García Torres, who participated in his under-20 football team, he formed, later, part of the Mexico national team that has played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
He also assisted Alfonso Portugal in the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal. Castillo also coached the Santos Laguna team in Torreón, leading them to the 3rd place of the Group 4 in the 1999 tournament.
He then went on to coach in Honduras for Real España, winning the National Championship in 2003, runner-up with Marathón in 2005, and again Champion with Olimpia in 2008.
Then he coached the Primera División A, Atlético Mexiquense, which is the part of the Deportivo Toluca. He returned once more to Honduras in 2009, to coach his 4th team in that country, F.C. Motagua.
He is the 2nd coach in the history of the Honduran national league in coaching the 4 best teams in that country.
He became the head coach of the Honduras national football team on August 16, 2010 until January 2011.
After only 5 months in charge, he won the Copa Centroamericana in Panama against Costa Rica, after 16 years that Honduras could not win this regional cup.
His numbers in the Honduras national football team in 5 months are: 5 wins, 3 draws, and 2 losses.
He was appointed as head coach of El Salvador national football team in July 2012.Death
Castillo died on 1 May 2014, due to skin cancer.Honours
