Baptiste Santamaria

Baptiste Santamaria
Santamaria in 2015
Personal information
Full name Baptiste Santamaria
Date of birth (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Saint-Doulchard, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rennes
Number 8
Youth career
2001–2007 Ent. S. Justices Bourges
2007–2008 Bourges Foot
2008–2011 Bourges 18
2011–2013 Tours
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Tours B 17 (3)
2013–2016 Tours 90 (14)
2016–2020 Angers 137 (2)
2020–2021 SC Freiburg 31 (1)
2021– Rennes 99 (4)
2023 Rennes B 1 (1)
International career
2015 France U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2024

Baptiste Santamaria (French: [batist sɑ̃tamaʁja]; born 9 March 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ligue 1 club Rennes.[1]

Club career

Santamaria is a youth exponent from Tours. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 18 October 2013 against CA Bastia replacing Bryan Bergougnoux after 88 minutes in a 2–1 away win at the Stade Armand Cesari.[3]

On 25 June 2016, Santamaria joined Ligue 1 side Angers after a transfer fee offer of €400,000 from Angers to Tours had previously been rejected by the latter.[4]

In September 2020, Santamaria moved to Bundesliga club SC Freiburg after protracted negotiations with Angers.[5][6] German sports magazine kicker reported the transfer fee as "about €10 million", the highest in SC Freiburg's history.[6]

On 17 August 2021, Santamaria transferred to Ligue 1 club Rennes for a reported fee of €14 million.[7]

Career statistics

As of 1 July 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tours 2013–14 Ligue 2 23 4 0 0 1 0 — 24 4
2014–15 35 4 3 0 1 0 — 39 4
2015–16 32 6 3 0 2 0 — 37 6
Total 90 14 6 0 4 0 0 0 100 14
Angers 2016–17 Ligue 1 37 0 6 0 0 0 — 43 0
2017–18 31 0 1 0 1 0 — 33 0
2018–19 38 1 1 0 1 0 — 40 1
2019–20 28 1 2 0 0 0 — 30 1
2020–21 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
Total 137 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 149 2
SC Freiburg 2020–21 Bundesliga 30 1 1 0 — — 31 1
2021–22 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Total 31 1 2 0 — — 33 1
Rennes 2021–22 Ligue 1 34 2 2 0 — 9[c] 0 45 2
2022–23 25 2 1 0 — 3[d] 0 29 2
Total 59 4 3 0 — 12 0 74 4
Rennes B 2022–23 National 2 1 1 — — — 1 1
Career total 318 22 21 0 6 0 12 0 357 22
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ^ a b c "France – B. Santamaria – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Baptiste Santamaria". Stade Rennais F.C. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Bastia vs. Tours". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Santamaria s'engage avec le SCO d'Angers". Le Figaro (in French). 25 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. ^ Kübler, René (17 September 2020). "SC Freiburg verpflichtet den Franzosen Baptiste Santamaria". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Königstransfer und Rekordeinkauf: Freiburg holt Santamaria". kicker. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. ^ "BAPTISTE SANTAMARIA DEPARTS FOR RENNES". SC Freiburg. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.


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