Kevin Castaño
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Castaño with Krasnodar in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kevin Duván Castaño Gil | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 September 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Itagüí, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | River Plate | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2020 | Águilas Doradas | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Águilas Doradas | 75 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Cruz Azul | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Krasnodar | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | River Plate | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Colombia | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:33, 9 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Kevin Duván Castaño Gil (born 29 September 2000) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Argentine Primera División club River Plate and the Colombia national team.
A product of Águilas Doradas, Castaño established himself in Colombia before moving abroad in 2023 to join Cruz Azul in Mexico. He later transferred to FC Krasnodar, where he won the Russian Premier League in his first season, the club’s first league title in history. In 2025, he signed with River Plate in Argentina.
At international level, Castaño made his senior debut for Colombia in 2023 and was part of the squad that finished runners-up at the 2024 Copa América.