Quévin Moisés Cachicote da Rocha de Castro (born 16 August 2001), known as just Quevin Castro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Notts County on loan from West Bromwich Albion.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Quévin Moisés Cachicote da Rocha de Castro[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Notts County (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting CP | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Mildenhall Town | |||
| Thetford Town | |||
| Norwich CBS | |||
| 2019 | Leiston | 3 | (1) |
| 2020 | Bury Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Notts County (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:09, 5 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Portugal,[3] Castro played in the academy at Sporting CP before moving to England.[4] He grew up in Thetford, Norfolk, and attended The Thetford Academy.[5]
Castro played non-league football for Mildenhall Town, Thetford Town, Norwich CBS, Leiston and Bury Town during his early career.[6][7][8] Castro had trial spells at Ipswich Town in 2019 and later in 2020, and also spent time on trial at Sutton United, Arsenal, Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion.[3][6]
In summer 2021, Castro signed for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion on a two-year contract following his trial at the club.[6] He made his debut for the club on 25 August 2021, starting in a 6–0 EFL Cup second round defeat to Arsenal.[9][10] Castro went onto make his league debut for West Brom on 28 February 2022, as a substitute in a 2–0 Championship defeat to Swansea City.[11]
On 14 July 2022, Castro joined League One side Burton Albion on a season-long loan.[12] Castro had his loan terminated by mutual consent on 1 September.[13] On 12 September 2022, Castro joined National League club Notts County on loan until 8 January 2023.[14]
Castro has been described as an "energetic and powerful central midfielder".[6]
Castro was born in Portugal to a Santomean father and an Angolan mother.[15] His brothers Rudy, Valter Rocha, and Aires are also footballers.[16]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leiston | 2019–20[8] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Bury Town | 2019–20[17] | Isthmian League North Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2021–22[10] | EFL Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022–23[18] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Burton Albion | 2022–23[18] | EFL League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | ||
West Bromwich Albion U23
Notts County F.C. – current squad | |
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