{{short description|Salvadorian footballer (born 1988)}} {{family name hatnote|Castro|Avelar|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ibsen Castro | image = | full_name = Ibsen Adalberto Castro Avelar | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = Quezaltepeque, La Libertad, El Salvador | death_date = | height = 1.67 m | position = Defender | currentclub = FAS | clubnumber = 20 | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = | youthyears3 = | youthclubs1 = CD Atlético Marte | youthclubs2 = Nejapa FC | youthclubs3 = CD Brasilia | years1 = 2010–2014 | years2 = 2014–2017 | years3 = 2017–2018 | years4 = 2018– | clubs1 = CD Atlético Marte | clubs2 = CD Águila | clubs3 = Sonsonate FC<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Sonsonate-confirma-una-baja-para-la-ultima-fecha-del-Clausura-20180426-0005.html|title = Sonsonate confirma una baja para la última fecha del Clausura}}</ref> | clubs4 = CD FAS | caps1 = 80 | caps2 = 36 | caps3 = 42 | caps4 = 87<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/ibsen-adalberto-castro-avelar/198157/|title = El Salvador - I. Castro - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}</ref> | goals1 = 24 | goals2 = 10 | goals3 = 3 | goals4 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2014– | nationalyears2 = | nationalyears3 = | nationalteam1 = El Salvador | nationalteam2 = | nationalteam3 = | nationalcaps1 = 17 | nationalcaps2 = | nationalcaps3 = | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = | nationalgoals3 = | club-update = 30 May 2021 | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Ibsen Adalberto Castro Avelar''' (born 24 October 1988) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a defender for Primera División club FAS.
Castro was born in Quezaltepeque, La Libertad, and played youth football with Atlético Marte before joining the first team in 2010.
== Club career == === Atlético Marte === Castro began his youth career at the San Salvador club, Atlético Marte. He made his first team debut 2010 and amassed 72 appearances and scored 6 goals for ''Los Marcianos'' during a two-year spell.
=== Águila === In June 2014, Castro signed with Águila. He made his debut for Águila in a 3–0 victory against Alianza. He scored his first goal for Águila in a 1–2 defeat against Santa Tecla in the Estadio Las Delicias, in August 2014.
With Águila, Castro disputed the finals of the Apertura 2014 and the Clausura 2016, but they were defeated by Isidro Metapán (on penalties) and Dragón (0–1) respectively.
=== Sonsonate === Castro signed with Sonsonate for the Apertura 2017. He scored his first goal for Sonsonate in a 1–1 draw against Águila in the Estadio Cuscatlán, in July 2017.
=== FAS === In 2018, he signed with FAS for the Apertura 2018. He scored a crucial goal{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} in a 1–0 victory against Sonsonate in the Estadio Óscar Quiteño in October 2018.
With FAS, he reached the semifinals of the Apertura 2018.
He won the Salvadorian tournament with CD FAS in 2021 against alianza.
==International career== Castro was first called up to the El Salvador national team in 2014. He was called up for the 2014 Copa Centroamericana and started the first group stage game, a 2–1 loss against Guatemala, in an eventual fourth-place finish for El Salvador.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.concacaf.com/category/central-american-cup/game-detail/202535 |title=Central American Cup |access-date=2014-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220151947/http://www.concacaf.com/category/central-american-cup/game-detail/202535 |archive-date=2018-02-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Castro has won seven caps with El Salvador at the moment.
== Honours == '''FAS''' *Salvadoran Primera División: Clausura 2021
'''El Salvador''' *Copa Centroamericana: 2014 4th place
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|ibsen-adalberto-castro-avelar/198157}}
{{C.D. FAS squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Castro, Ibsen}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Salvadoran sportsmen Category:Salvadoran men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:El Salvador men's international footballers Category:C.D. Atlético Marte footballers Category:C.D. Águila players