Rubén Castro was a diminutive but deadly striker who became the emblematic goalscorer of Real Betis in the modern era. Quick, sharp and tireless, he specialised in the movement and finishing that made him one of the club’s most prolific marksmen.
Season after season his goals proved crucial to Betis, and he came to be regarded as one of the most beloved forwards in the club’s history, a poacher whose consistency in front of goal defined his time in Seville.