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Denil Castillo
Personal information
Full name	Denil Daniel Castillo Preciado
Date of birth	24 March 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth	Eloy Alfaro Canton, Ecuador
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Midtjylland
Number	21
Youth career
	LDU Quito
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–2023	LDU Quito
2020–2021	→ Atletico Kin
2023–2024	Shakhtar Donetsk
2024	→ Partizan (loan)
2024–	Midtjylland
International career‡
2022–	Ecuador U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2023

Denil Deniel Castillo Preciado (born 24 March 2004) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Midtjylland and represents the Ecuador national under-20 football team.^[2]

Career

On 24 April 2023, Shakhtar Donetsk announced that they'd signed Castillo to a five-year contract from Liga de Quito, commencing 1 July 2023.^[3]

Castillo signed a five-year deal with Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland for a €4.00m transfer fee on July 1, 2024.^[4]

Castillo has represented Ecuador at youth level.^[5]

Castillo mainly operates as a center midfielder.^[6]

As of match played 12 December 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
LDU Quito	2021	Ecuadorian Serie A	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2022	Ecuadorian Serie A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2023	Ecuadorian Serie A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Shakhtar Donetsk	2023–24	Ukrainian Premier League	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Partizan (loan)	2023–24	Serbian SuperLiga	14	2	1	0	—		—		15	2
Midtjylland	2024–25	Danish Superliga	12	0	2	0	9^[a]	0	—		23	0
Career total			32	2	3	0	9	0	0	0	44	2