José Alfredo Castillo

José Alfredo Castillo Parada is a Bolivian former football attacker.

Club career

In 1991, he enrolled in the Tahuichi academy.
In 2002, he scored 42 league goals for Oriente Petrolero, and RSSSF indicated he was the highest league goalscorer in the world that year.
Abroad, Castillo played for Tecos in Mexico, Rosario Central in Argentina, O'Higgins in Chile, Atlético Mineiro in Brazil and South China in Hong Kong.
His last clubs were Libertad Gran Mamoré and Oriente Petrolero in 2023. According to the IFFHS, he was the highest goalscoring Bolivian player in top divisions in the 21st century, and the fifth-highest South American, only behind players like Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi.

Castillo has been capped for the Bolivia national team 24 times, scoring a total of 6 goals in international competitions.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1		Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru		1–1	1–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2		Atahualpa Olympic Stadium, Quito, Ecuador		2–3	2–3	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3		Hernando Siles Stadium, La Paz, Bolivia		1–0	1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4		Hernando Siles Stadium, La Paz, Bolivia		2–0	3–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5		Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile		1–3	1–3	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6		Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos		1–1	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification