Álvaro Santamaría (footballer, born 2001)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santamaría and the second or maternal family name is Arenas.
Álvaro Santamaría
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Santamaría Arenas
Date of birth (2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Avilés Industrial
Number 9
Youth career
Colegio Inmaculada
2019–2020 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Sporting B 85 (29)
2021–2022 Sporting Gijón 1 (0)
2023–2024 Racing B 34 (12)
2023–2024 Racing Santander 1 (0)
2024– Avilés Industrial 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024

Álvaro Santamaría Arenas (born 7 November 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Avilés Industrial.

Club career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Santamaría joined Sporting de Gijón's Mareo in 2019, from Fútbol Colegio Inmaculada de Gijón. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 21 December of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Gaspar Campos in a 1–1 Segunda División B away draw against UP Langreo.[1]

On 15 July 2020, after finishing his formation, Santamaría extended his contract with the club and was definitely promoted to the B-side.[2] He scored his first senior goal on 17 October, netting his team's second in a 2–4 home loss against Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.[3]

Santamaría made his first-team debut on 12 November 2021, replacing Christian Rivera in a 0–1 home loss against Real Sociedad B in the Segunda División.[4] On 1 June 2023, after just another first team match for Sporting, he moved to another reserve team, Rayo Cantabria in Segunda Federación.[5]

Personal life

Santamaría's relative Eugenio was also a footballer and a forward. He notably represented amateur sides before playing one single match for Sporting in 1952.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "El Langreo rescata un punto ante el Sporting B" [Langreo rescue a point against Sporting B] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Álvaro Santamaría y Pelayo Pérez amplían su compromiso con el Club" [Álvaro Santamaría and Pelayo Pérez extend their link with the club] (in Spanish). Sporitng Gijón. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "El Sporting B sufre una contundente derrota ante la Cultural Leonesa" [Sporting B suffer a contundent defeat against Cultural Leonesa] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Un gran Sanse asalta El Molinón y agrava la crisis del Sporting" [A great Sanse raid El Molinón and aggravate Sporting's crisis] (in Spanish). Marca. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. ^ "El Racing ficha a Álvaro Santamaría, delantero del Sporting B" [Racing sign Álvaro Santamaría, Sporting B forward] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ "La saga de los Santamaría llama otra vez a la puerta" [The saga of the Santamaría is at the door again] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Eugenio Santamaría Salán". BDFutbol.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021.