Israel Castro Franco

Israel Castro Franco (born April 11, 1975 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian-Salvadoran football player.

Castro spent the majority of his career in his adopted homeland El Salvador, mostly twice at Luis Ángel Firpo. He also played in his native Brazil and for a short period of time with the Portuguese lower league outfit Imortal Albufeira.

Castro became a Salvadoran citizen in 1996. He made his debut for El Salvador in an August 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 3 goals. He thus participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup campaign, playing 4 matches in the process, under the popular Serbian coach Milovan Đorić and represented his country at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

His final international was a November 1998 friendly match against Honduras.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 January 1998	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Trinidad and Tobago	2-0	2-0	Friendly match
2	29 January 1998	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Honduras	1-1	1-1	Friendly match
3	18 November 1998	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA	Honduras	1-1	2-1	Hurricane Relief Tournament