Michael Nicolás Santos Rosadilla (born 13 March 1993) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Argentine club Vélez Sarsfield.
 Santos with Uruguay in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michael Nicolás Santos Rosadilla | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Vélez Sarsfield | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | Wanderers de Pando | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Nacional de Pando | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | San Luis de Pando | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | River Plate Montevideo | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | River Plate Montevideo | 91 | (41) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Málaga | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 36 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Leganés (loan) | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Copenhagen | 23 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Leganés (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Talleres | 82 | (27) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | FC Juárez | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Vélez Sarsfield | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Uruguay U22 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Uruguay | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editRiver Plate
editBorn in Montevideo, Santos was a River Plate Montevideo youth graduate. He made his first team – and Primera División – debut on 13 February 2011, coming on as a second-half substitute for Federico Puppo in a 1–2 home loss against Rampla Juniors.
On 28 April 2012, Santos scored his first professional goal, netting the winner in a 2–1 home win against Fénix.[1] Exactly one month later, he was sent off for two bookable offenses in a 2–4 loss at Racing Montevideo.
Santos scored a career-best 21 goals during the 2014–15 season, with braces against Fénix, Sud América (two times), and Juventud Las Piedras, aside from a hat-trick against El Tanque Sisley.[2] He also scored River's first ever goal in the Copa Libertadores, through a penalty in a 2–0 home win against Universidad de Chile.[3]
Málaga
editOn 5 July 2016, Santos signed a four-year deal with La Liga club Málaga CF.[4] He made his debut for the club on 23 October, replacing Jony in a 4–0 home routing of CD Leganés.[5]
Santos scored his first goal in the Spanish top tier on 4 November 2016, netting the winner in a 3–2 home win against Sporting de Gijón.[6]
Sporting Gijón (loan)
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On 14 August 2017, Santos was loaned to Sporting, now in Segunda División, for one year.[7] He scored 17 goals during the campaign, being the club's top goalscorer and the fifth overall in the category.
Leganés (loan)
editOn 1 August 2018, Santos was loaned to CD Leganés in the top flight, for one year.[8]
FC Copenhagen
editOn 21 August 2019, Santos was signed by Danish club F.C. Copenhagen for a reported transfer fee of 2.25 million euro.[9]
Return to Leganés (loan)
editSantos returned to Lega on 14 September 2020, also in a temporary deal, with the club now in the second division.[10]
Back to Copenhagen
editIn January 2021 it was reported, that Santos had returned to Copenhagen because he couldn't extend his work permit in Spain. On 31 January 2021 Copenhagen confirmed, that Santos' contract had been terminated by mutual consent.[11]
Talleres
editOn 6 February 2021, Santos signed a three-year contract with Argentine Primera División side Talleres.[12]
International career
editOn 17 June 2015, Santos was included in Uruguay under-23s' 18-man list for the year's Pan American Games.[13] He appeared in five matches during the tournament, scoring one goal against Brazil, as his side was crowned champions.
On 29 August 2015, Santos was called up to the senior squad by manager Óscar Tabárez as a replacement to injured Abel Hernández.[14] He made his full international debut on 8 September, replacing Jonathan Rodríguez against Costa Rica.[15]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 16 December 2019[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Málaga | 2016–17 | La Liga | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| Sporting de Gijón (loan) | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 38 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17 |
| Leganés (loan) | 2018–19 | La Liga | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Copenhagen | 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 |
| Career total | 82 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 28 | ||
Honours
editClub
editRiver Plate
- Torneo Preparación: 2012
- Copa Integración: 2012
Uruguay U23
Individual
edit- Argentine Primera División Top scorer: 2023 (shared with Pablo Vegetti)
- Argentine Primera División Team of the Season: 2023
References
edit- ^ "River Plate 2 – Fénix 1" (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Va a firmar su sueño y regresa" [Go make your dream and return] (in Spanish). Ovación. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "River Plate en noche soñada" [River Plate in dream night] (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "The forward Michael Santos arrives at Málaga CF". Málaga CF. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Cómoda victoria del Málaga en La Rosaleda" [Comfortable victory of Málaga at the La Rosaleda] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ "El Málaga remonta el vuelo" [Málaga comeback the flight] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ "Cerrada la cesión del internacional uruguayo Santos" [Completed the loan of Uruguayan international Santos] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Michael Santos se marcha cedido al Leganés" (in Spanish). AS. 1 August 2018.
- ^ "B.T. afslører: FCK henter angriber i Spanien". BT (in Danish). 21 August 2019.
- ^ "El C.D. Leganés cierra la vuelta del delantero uruguayo Michael Santos" [C.D. Leganés agree the return of Uruguayan forward Michael Santos] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ FCK OG MICHAEL SANTOS OPHÆVER KONTRAKTEN, fck.dk, 31 January 2021
- ^ "Michael Santos firmó por Talleres de Córdoba por tres años" [Michael Santos signed for Talleres de Córdoba for three years]. ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Lista para los Panamericanos" [List for the Pan American Games] (in Spanish). AUF. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Michael Santos convocado" [Michael Santos called up] (in Spanish). AUF. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Costa Rica le ganó a Uruguay 1:0" [Costa Rica defeated Uruguay 1–0] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "M. Santos". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
External links
edit- Michael Santos at BDFutbol
- Michael Santos at ESPN FC
- Michael Santos at Soccerway