Baptiste Santamaria
Santamaria in 2015
Personal information
Full name Baptiste Santamaria
Date of birth (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995[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 60 (4)
2023– Rennes B 1 (1)
International career
2015 France U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2023

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[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tours 2013–14 Ligue 2 2340010—244
2014–15 3543010—394
2015–16 3263020—376
Total 901460400010014
Angers 2016–17 Ligue 1 3706000—430
2017–18 3101010—330
2018–19 3811010—401
2019–20 2812000—301
2020–21 300000—30
Total 137210020001492
SC Freiburg 2020–21 Bundesliga 30110——311
2021–22 1010——20
Total 31120——331
Rennes 2021–22 Ligue 1 34220—9[lower-alpha 3]0452
2022–23 25210—3[lower-alpha 4]0292
Total 59430—120744
Rennes B 2022–23 National 2 11———11
Career total 318222106012035722

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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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