"After starting out in the academy at his dad's former club Wimbledon, the attacking midfielder made the move to Chelsea. A loan spell with League One Shrewsbury last season was hampered by the side's poor form and ended by injury, but Castledine so thoroughly excelled at Huddersfield in the first half of this campaign that Championship Middlesbrough snapped him up on a permanent move in the January transfer window."
"The 20 year old became something of a lower-league Frank Lampard for Huddersfield, netting 12 goals in 27 appearances in all competitions - many of them spectacular. That earned Castledine a reputation as a one-man club goal of the season competition (or at least, he would be, if Terriers teammate Ryan Ledson hadn't scored from his own half just after Castledine's departure)."
Leo Castledine progressed from Wimbledon’s academy to Chelsea before embarking on loan moves to gain first-team experience. A disrupted spell at Shrewsbury was curtailed by poor team form and injury. Castledine then excelled at Huddersfield, scoring 12 goals in 27 appearances and producing numerous spectacular strikes. His goal-scoring and shooting technique raised his profile and attracted interest. Huddersfield wanted to keep him, but Castledine chose Middlesbrough to challenge himself at the top end of the Championship with the aim of testing himself at a higher level and pursuing promotion ambitions.
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