Baptiste Santamaria

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

Baptiste Santamaria

Santamaria in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Baptiste Santamaria
Date of birth	9 March 1995
Place of birth	Saint-Doulchard, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	SC Freiburg
Number	8
Youth career
2001–2007	Ent. S. Justices Bourges
2007–2008	Bourges Football
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–	SC Freiburg	9	(0)
National team^‡
2015	France U20	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2015

Career

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

On 25 June 2016, Santamaria joined Ligue 1 side Angers SCO after a transfer fee offer of €400,000 from Angers to Tours had previously been rejected by the latter.[3]

In September 2020, Santamaria moved to Bundesliga club SC Freiburg after protracted negotiations with Angers.[4][5] German sports magazine kicker reported the transfer fee as "about €10 million", the highest is SC Freiburg's history.[5]

Career statistics

As of 5 December 2020[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		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	Ligue 2	35	4	2	0	1	0	—		38	4
	2015–16	Ligue 2	32	6	2	0	2	0	—		36	6
	Total		90	14	4	0	4	0	0	0	98	14
Angers	2016–17	Ligue 1	37	0	6	0	0	0	—		43	0
	2017–18	Ligue 1	31	0	1	0	1	0	—		33	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	38	1	1	0	1	0	—		40	1
	2019–20	Ligue 1	28	1	2	0	0	0	—		30	1
	2020–21	Ligue 1	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	Total		137	2	10	0	2	0	0	0	149	2
SC Freiburg	2020–21	Bundesliga	9	0	0	0	0	0	—		9	0
Career total			236	16	14	0	6	0	0	0	256	16

References

1. "France – B. Santamaria – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
2. "Bastia vs. Tours". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
3. "Santamaria s'engage avec le SCO d'Angers". Le Figaro (in French). 25 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
4. Kübler, René (17 September 2020). "SC Freiburg verpflichtet den Franzosen Baptiste Santamaria". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
5. "Königstransfer und Rekordeinkauf: Freiburg holt Santamaria". kicker. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

External links

• Freiburg profile
• Baptiste Santamaria at the French Football Federation (in French). Archived at webarchive.org.