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Héctor Canteros
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Miguel Canteros
Date of birth	15 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2008	Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2014	Vélez Sarsfield
2012–2013	→ Villarreal (loan)
2014–2018	Flamengo
2016–2017	→ Vélez Sarsfield (loan)
2017–2018	→ Chapecoense (loan)
2018–2019	Chapecoense
2019–2020	Ankaragücü
2021	Patronato
2022	Platense
2022	→ CSA (loan)
International career
2011	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2022

Héctor Miguel Canteros (born 15 March 1989) is an Argentine football midfielder. He previously played for Vélez Sarsfield, Villarreal, Flamengo,^[1] Chapecoense and Ankaragücü.

Early life

Canteros was born and raised in Villa Pirelli, a shanty town of the City of Buenos Aires.^[2] He started playing youth football in Vélez Sársfield at the age of 10.

Career

Vélez Sarsfield

Canteros started his professional career for Vélez Sársfield on 8 February 2009, coming on as a substitute in his team's 0–0 draw with Independiente for the first fixture of the 2009 Clausura.^[3] He played only one more game in that tournament, the 8th fixture against Banfield, that his team went on to win.

During the 2011 Clausura, and due to Leandro Somoza's departure from Vélez, Canteros started playing more regularly for the first team. He scored his first professional goal in a 2–3 defeat to Quilmes.^[4]

In the beginning of 2014 Canteros' name was linked with Flamengo as a possible substitute for Elias, who was returning to Sporting CP as his loan finished. However, Canteros continued to play for Vélez Sarsfield, as Flamengo wanted a loan and the Argentine club was only willing to a permanent move.^[5]^[6]

Flamengo

On 3 July 3, 2014 Flamengo paid a fee of US$2.2 million for Canteros, and the player signed a 3-year contract.^[7] His debut for the new club came on 27 July in a 1–0 derby win against Botafogo at the Maracanã, as he came from the bench and played 27 minutes.^[8] Few days later, on 3 August, Héctor played his first match as a starter against Chapecoense at Arena Condá, which Flamengo lost 0–1.^[9]

Chapecoense (loan)

On 10 August 2017 Chapecoense sign Canteros on loan from Flamengo until May 31, 2018, to replace Andrei Girotto recently transferred to Nantes.^[10]

Chapecoense

As his contract with Flamengo and the loan to Chapecoense finished, on 31 May 2018 Canteros signed a six-month contract with Chapecoense until the end of the 2018 season.^[11]

Ankaragücü

On 31 January 2019, Canteros joined Süper Lig side Ankaragücü on a one-and-a-half-year deal.

Career statistics

(Correct As of 28 August 2021^[update].)

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vélez Sarsfield
	2008–09	Primera División	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2009–11		4	0	–		–		–		4	0
	2010–11		19	1	–		7^[a]	0	–		26	1
	2011–12		28	1	1	1	13^[b]	1	–		42	3
	2013–14		17	0	–		6^[c]	0	1^[d]	0	24	0
	2014		13	1	–		6^[a]	2	–		19	3
	Total		83	3	1	1	32	3	1	0	117	7
Villarreal (loan)	2012–13	Segunda División	12	2	–		–		–		12	2
Flamengo
	2014	Série A	24	2	6	0	–		–		30	2
	2015		34	2	6	0	–		13^[e]	1	53	3
	2016		2	0	0	0	–		3^[f]	0	5	0
	Total		60	4	12	0	0	0	16	1	88	5
Vélez Sarsfield (loan)	2016–17	Primera División	14	0	–		–		–		14	0
Chapecoense (loan)
	2017	Série A	13	1	–		1^[c]	0	–		14	1
	2018		12	2	2	0	0	0	7^[g]	0	21	2
Chapecoense
	2018		22	0	2	0	–		–		24	0
	Total		47	3	4	0	1	0	7	0	59	3
Ankaragücü	2018–19	Süper Lig	12	1	0	0	–		–		12	1
	2019–20	Süper Lig	14	1	1	0	–		–		15	1
	Total		26	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	2
Patronato	2019–20	Primera División	11	0	2	0	–		–		13	0
	2021	Primera División	7	0	–		–		–		7	0
	Total		18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Career total			260	14	20	1	33	3	24	1	312	20

^ ^a ^b Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
^ Five appearances in Copa Libertadores, eight appearances and one goal in Copa Sudamericana
^ ^a ^b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa Argentina
^ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca
^ Two appearances in Campeonato Carioca, one appearance in Primeira Liga
^ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense

International appearances and goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Final score	Goal	Result	Competition
1.	September 14, 2011	Córdoba, Argentina	Brazil	0–0	0	Draw	2011 Superclásico de las Américas.^[12]^[13]
2.	September 28, 2011	Belém, Brazil	Brazil	2–0	0	Lost	2011 Superclásico de las Américas.^[12]^[13]