Anderson Santamaría
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| Full name | Anderson Santamaría Bardales[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1992[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tingo María, Peru[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Universitario de Deportes | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Deportivo Municipal | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Ayacucho | 57 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | León de Huánuco | 74 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Melgar | 66 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Puebla | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2024 | Atlas | 131 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Santos Laguna | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Universitario de Deportes | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2024 | Peru | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:37, 18 July 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:43, 10 September 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Anderson Santamaría Bardales (born 10 January 1992) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a Centre-back for club Universitario de Deportes and the Peru national team.[3]
Santamaría made his debut for Ayacucho in the later stages of the 2010 season, in a 2–0 win against José Gálvez.[4] On 2 January 2013, he joined León de Huánuco signing a two-year contract.[5] On 5 January 2015, he renewed his contract signing a one-year extension.[6] In December 2015, he joined the 2015 Primera División champion, Melgar.[7] On 20 December 2017, he announced that he was leaving Melgar[8] and joining Liga MX club Puebla, for a $500K fee.[9]
Santamaría joined Liga MX side Puebla on 20 December 2017.[10] He made his debut on 17 January 2018 in a 3–1 win against Cruz Azul in Copa MX,[11] where he had multiple defensive interventions that garnered the fans' plaudits.[12] On 12 December 2018, he joined Atlas on loan.[13] Later in the year, on 18 July, he permanently joined the Guadalajara club.[14] On 12 November 2021 he renewed his contract until 2025.[15] A month later, on 13 December, he helped Atlas win the Apertura 2021, their first title in over 70 years, be beating León 4–3 on penalties after a 3–3 draw.[16] On 30 May 2022, he helped Altas win Clausura 2022.[17]
International career
In May 2018, he was named in Peru's provisional 24 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[18]
