Carlos de Castro
# Carlos de Castro

Carlos Enrique de Castro Storace (Spanish pronunciation:; 19 April 1979 – 16 February 2015) was an Uruguayan footballer who played as a centre back.

## Club career

He played abroad for Deportes Melipilla of Chile, Club San José of Bolivia, and Thrasyvoulos F.C. of Greece.

## Death

On 31 January 2015, de Castro was injured when the minibus carrying him and other Estudiantes de Mérida players crashed on the José Antonio Páez highway in Carabobo, Venezuela. In the accident, he suffered a fractured spinal cord. During surgery to correct his injury, de Castro suffered a fatal cardiac arrest due to respiratory failure.

