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Denil Castillo

Denil Castillo

Midfielder · FC Midtjylland · 22 · Ecuador

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Season score
35.3
UEFA Conference League 26/27, 5 matches
Last 5 weeks
41.2
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€7.0M
+€1.5M (+27%) since 15 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 25 May 2026

Photo: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
24 Mar 2004
Height
187 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2031
Wikipedia views
689 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

10 of 69 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 43.0 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
13–19 Oct 202617738.945.538.6
22–28 Sep 202612354.045.153.8
25–31 Aug 202619045.844.946.1
18–24 Aug 202615925.345.727.0
11–17 Aug 202614526.746.328.3
4–10 Aug 202619032.347.333.3
26 May – 1 Jun 202617744.247.444.6
17–23 Mar 2026112044.147.646.2
10–16 Mar 202614540.947.840.5
27 Jan – 2 Feb 202619043.148.142.9
20–26 Jan 202619043.848.544.5
9–15 Dec 202511140.748.542.3
25 Nov – 1 Dec 202516042.048.842.4
18–24 Nov 202515359.348.258.6
11–17 Nov 202511050.848.050.8
4–10 Nov 202513153.747.860.5
21–27 Oct 202514536.948.240.9
7–13 Oct 20251133.748.134.8
30 Sep – 6 Oct 202516740.148.639.8
23–29 Sep 202519053.748.053.8

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: −4.4 a week below expectation.

30.040.050.060.023 Sep25 Nov27 Jan26 May25 AugExpected 45.5Score 38.9

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €7.0M +€1.5M (+27%) since 15 Dec 2025 25 May 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €7.2M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €4.9M–€11.9M +13% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age +20% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Yukinari Sugawara at 22 (€6.0M, scoring 37.1) +100%; Yoann Cathline at 23 (€8.0M, scoring 39.5) −50%; Daan Rots at 23 (€7.0M, scoring 39.4) −57%.
0€2.0M€4.0M€6.0M€8.0M202420252026€7.0M€7.2M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€7.2M
25 May 2026Transfermarkt€7.0M
15 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€5.5M
16 Jun 2025Transfermarkt€3.5M
9 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€2.5M
10 Jun 2024Transfermarkt€1.0M
11 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€500k
14 Jul 2023Transfermarkt€500k
20 Apr 2023Transfermarkt€500k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
1 Jul 2024Shakhtar D. Midtjylland€4.0M
30 Jun 2024Partizan Shakhtar D.Free or loan
19 Jan 2024Shakhtar D. PartizanFree or loan
1 Jul 2023LDU Quito Shakhtar D.€800k
1 Jan 2023LDU Quito U20 LDU QuitoUndisclosed
1 Jan 2022LDU Quito B LDU Quito U20Undisclosed

What the score is made of

UEFA Conference League 26/27, 361 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 640 top-five-league midfielder seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

Shooting0Creating0Progressing0Keeping the ball19Defending19Aerial85Finishing53
As a table
PartPercentilePer 90 vs average
Shooting0−0.56
Creating0−0.71
Progressing0−0.71
Keeping the ball19−0.66
Defending19−0.22
Aerial85+0.52
Finishing53−0.00

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

01.0K2.0K3.0K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

Plays most like

same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level
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Gibson Yah Bristol City · 23 · cheaper39.4€1.3M95%Compare
Jon Guridi Sevilla · 31 · cheaper46.3€1.8M95%Compare
Santiago Pierotti Lecce · 25 · cheaper41.1€4.0M94%Compare
Magnus Westergaard Vålerenga IF · 28 · cheaper41.0€650k93%Compare

Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Denil Castillo.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
UEFA Conference League 26/27Conference LeagueFC Midtjylland536135.335.9
Int. Friendly Games 2026International FriendliesEcuador210046.546.7
World Cup Qualification, CONMEBOL 2025World Cup Qualification CONMEBOLEcuador11100.0100.0
UEFA Europa League 25/26Europa LeagueFC Midtjylland1064944.345.4
Int. Friendly Games 2025International FriendliesEcuador36457.557.0
UEFA Europa League 24/25Europa LeagueFC Midtjylland857244.845.0
UEFA Champions League 24/25Champions LeagueFC Midtjylland524348.949.0

Latest matches

20 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
15 Oct 2026Conference Leagueat KF EgnatiaD 1–17700–0.0538.9
24 Sep 2026International Friendliesat South KoreaL 0–32300––54.0
27 Aug 2026Conference Leagueat HNK RijekaW 4–19001––45.8
20 Aug 2026Conference LeagueHNK RijekaW 2–05900––25.3
13 Aug 2026Conference LeagueBohemian FCW 3–24500––26.7
6 Aug 2026Conference Leagueat Bohemian FCW 2–09000––32.3
31 May 2026International FriendliesSaudi ArabiaW 2–17700––44.2
19 Mar 2026Europa LeagueNottingham ForestL 1–2120000.360.0344.1
12 Mar 2026Europa Leagueat Nottingham ForestW 1–04500–0.0140.9
29 Jan 2026Europa LeagueGNK Dinamo ZagrebW 2–09000–0.0143.1
All 20 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
15 Oct 2026Conference Leagueat KF EgnatiaD 1–17700–0.0538.9
24 Sep 2026International Friendliesat South KoreaL 0–32300––54.0
27 Aug 2026Conference Leagueat HNK RijekaW 4–19001––45.8
20 Aug 2026Conference LeagueHNK RijekaW 2–05900––25.3
13 Aug 2026Conference LeagueBohemian FCW 3–24500––26.7
6 Aug 2026Conference Leagueat Bohemian FCW 2–09000––32.3
31 May 2026International FriendliesSaudi ArabiaW 2–17700––44.2
19 Mar 2026Europa LeagueNottingham ForestL 1–2120000.360.0344.1
12 Mar 2026Europa Leagueat Nottingham ForestW 1–04500–0.0140.9
29 Jan 2026Europa LeagueGNK Dinamo ZagrebW 2–09000–0.0143.1
22 Jan 2026Europa Leagueat SK BrannD 3–390000.110.0243.8
11 Dec 2025Europa LeagueKRC GenkW 1–011000.030.0040.7
27 Nov 2025Europa Leagueat AS RomaL 1–260000.050.0042.0
19 Nov 2025International FriendliesNew ZealandW 2–05300––59.3
14 Nov 2025International Friendliesat CanadaD 0–01000––50.8
6 Nov 2025Europa LeagueCelticW 3–131000.260.0153.7
23 Oct 2025Europa Leagueat Maccabi Tel AvivW 3–045000.260.0136.9
11 Oct 2025International Friendliesat USAD 1–1100––33.7
2 Oct 2025Europa Leagueat Nottingham ForestW 3–26700–0.0040.1
24 Sep 2025Europa LeagueSK Sturm GrazW 2–09000–0.1753.7