Cacho (footballer)

Cacho
Personal information
Full name	Airam Guzmán Castillo
Date of birth	31 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canarias
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Tenerife
Number	37
Youth career
	Mensajero
2018–2019	Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018	Mensajero
2019–2022	Mensajero
2022–	Tenerife B
2023–	Tenerife
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024

Airam Guzmán Castillo (born 31 July 2002), commonly known as Cacho, is a Canario footballer who plays as a winger for CD Tenerife.

Club career

Born in Santa Cruz de La Palma, La Palma, Canary Islands, Cacho was a CD Mensajero youth graduate. He made his first team debut on 23 September 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 Tercera División away draw against Atlético Tacoronte.

On 17 November 2018, Cacho moved to UD Las Palmas and returned to the youth setup.^[1] He returned to Mensa in the following year, and started to feature more regularly until renewing his contract with the club on 5 July 2021.^[2]

On 20 July 2022, Cacho signed for CD Tenerife and was initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera Federación.^[3] He made his professional debut the following 25 March, replacing Aitor Sanz late into a 1–0 Segunda División away loss against Deportivo Alavés;^[4] by doing so, he became the first player from his native island to play for the main squad since 1989.^[5]

References

^ "Airam Guzmán, nuevo refuerzo de la cantera" [Airam Guzmán, new addition of the youth setup] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Cacho amplía su vinculación con el 'Mensa'" [Cacho extends his link with 'Mensa'] (in Spanish). CD Mensajero. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "El CD Tenerife ficha al palmero Cacho, procedente del Mensajero, para su filial" [CD Tenerife sign the palmero Cacho from Mensajero for their reserve team] (in Spanish). Stadium Tenerife. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "El Alavés se reencuentra con el gol y con las alegrías" [Alavés reencounter themselves with goal and joy] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Crónica del Dep. Alavés 1–0 CD Tenerife: "Otra indignante actuación arbitral, clave para la derrota del Tenerife en Vitoria"" [Report of Dep. Alavés 1–0 CD Tenerife: "Another outrageous refereeing performance, key to Tenerife's defeat in Vitoria"] (in Spanish). Stadium Tenerife. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

External links

Cacho at BDFutbol
Cacho at Soccerway

[1] "Airam Guzmán, nuevo refuerzo de la cantera" [Airam Guzmán, new addition of the youth setup] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[2] "Cacho amplía su vinculación con el 'Mensa'" [Cacho extends his link with 'Mensa'] (in Spanish). CD Mensajero. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[3] "El CD Tenerife ficha al palmero Cacho, procedente del Mensajero, para su filial" [CD Tenerife sign the palmero Cacho from Mensajero for their reserve team] (in Spanish). Stadium Tenerife. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[4] "El Alavés se reencuentra con el gol y con las alegrías" [Alavés reencounter themselves with goal and joy] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

[5] "Crónica del Dep. Alavés 1–0 CD Tenerife: "Otra indignante actuación arbitral, clave para la derrota del Tenerife en Vitoria"" [Report of Dep. Alavés 1–0 CD Tenerife: "Another outrageous refereeing performance, key to Tenerife's defeat in Vitoria"] (in Spanish). Stadium Tenerife. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.

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