Iury Castilho

Iury Lírio Freitas de Castilho (born 6 September 1995), known professionally as Iury Castilho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sport Recife, on loan from Coritiba.

Career Iury Castilho is a product of Madureira, Tigres do Brasil and Avaí youth academies. He was brought up to Avai's first team in 2014 and made his professional debut with the club in February 2015 in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He scored his first goal for the club in the Campeonato Catarinense against Metropolitano on 19 February 2015. He stayed with the club for three years, leaving in 2017.

In July 2017 he signed a contract with the Ukrainian Premier League's Zorya Luhansk. In February 2018, Iury Castilho scored a spectacular bicycle kick in his team's 3–0 win over Vorskla Poltava, and celebrated by mockingly mimicking a monkey in response to "monkey chants" from some racist fans in the crowd.

On 7 June 2018, he moved to UAE Pro-League club Al-Nasr Dubai SC. He was loaned out to Al-Fayha six months later on 18 January 2019. At the end of the loan, he signed for Portimonense of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on a three-year contract in June 2019.

Career statistics

Honours CSA Campeonato Alagoano: 2021

Cuiabá Campeonato Mato-Grossense: 2023