Óscar Santis
Guatemalan footballer (born 1999)
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Óscar Alexander Santis Cayax (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈoskaɾ ˌaleksandˈeɾ sˈantis kajjˈaks]; born 25 March 1999), commonly known as Lelito, is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Bantrab club Antigua and the Guatemala national team.
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Santis with Guatemala in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Óscar Alexander Santis Cayax[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Mazatenango, Guatemala | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Antigua | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Suchitepéquez | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Suchitepéquez | 23 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Comunicaciones | 109 | (28) |
| 2022–2024 | Antigua | 32 | (7) |
| 2024 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 29 | (3) |
| 2025– | Antigua | 37 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Guatemala U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2021– | Guatemala | 55 | (18) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:00, 27 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:00, 27 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Suchitepéquez
Oscar Santis started his senior career with Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala club Suchitepéquez coming from the youth side. He would make his senior debut on 4 October 2015 in a 3–1 league win against Antigua at the age of 16.[3]
Comunicaciones
Oscar Santis signed with Comunicaciones on 2019.[4]
During the 2021 CONCACAF League, Santis was a member of the Comunicaciones squad that ultimately won the tournament.[5] Santis had 10 appearances and three goals in the tournament, which were scored in a hat-trick against Deportivo Saprissa in the first leg of the quarter-finals.[6] He was named the best young player of the tournament.[7]
Antigua
Santis signed with Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala club Antigua on 2022, at the end of the 2022–23 Apertura season from Comunicaciones. Santis tallied 32 goals in 124 appearances across all competitions, winning the 2021 CONCACAF League and Liga Nacional de Guatemala 2021–22 Clausura with Comunicaciones.[8]
Dinamo Tbilisi
2024: Debut season
In January 2024, Oscar Santis signed with Georgia’s Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi on a two year contract with a possibility of extension.[9][10] On 2 March 2024, Santis made his Erovnuli Liga debut for Dinamo Tbilisi resulting in a win.[11] On 3 April 2024, Santis made his first contribution to a goal in Europe, assisting teammate Vakhtang Salia in a 2–2 league draw against Dila Gori.[12] Santis would score his first European goal against FC Iberia 1999 on 10 May 2024, in which the match resulted in a 1–0 win at home.[13] On 11 July 2024, Oscar Santis would participate with Dinamo Tbilisi in a 2024–25 UEFA Conference League match against FK Mornar, becoming the third Guatemalan to participate in a UEFA tournament. He played the entire match and recorded an assist in a 2–1 defeat.[14][15] He would finish his 2024 season with 32 appearances and 3 goals across all competitions.
Return to Antigua
On 26 December 2024, Antigua and Oscar Santis announced that he will be joining the team once again on loan for the 2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala Clausura.[16] On 1 February 2025, after a 0–0 draw against Marquense, a video of Santis shouting racist insults towards the fans went viral on social media. He later apologized for the incident.[17]
International career
Youth career
Santis debuted internationally on his youth team with the Guatemala U-20 team on 2 November 2018, and scored his first goal for the team against Guyana in the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in a 4–0 victory.[18]
Senior career
On 24 February 2021, he made his senior debut in a friendly match against Nicaragua in a 1–0 victory.[19] On 4 June 2021, at the 2022 World Cup qualifying match against St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Santis scored his first senior goal for Guatemala in a 10–0 victory.[20]
Oscar Santis was not selected for Guatemala's 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad due to an injury.[21]
On 6 June 2025, Santis had four goal contributions in a 4–2 win against Dominican Republic in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. He recorded an assist and scored a hat-trick that would earn him man of the match.[22]
Santis competed in the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In the quarterfinal against Canada, Santis completed a cross to Rubio Rubin in the 69th minute. The game would end 1–1, with Guatemala advancing on penalty kicks.[23] Guatemala would later lose 2–1 in the semifinal against the United States.[24]
Personal life
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 18 May 2025[1]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Suchitepéquez | 2015-16 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016-17 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 2017-18 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Comunicaciones | 2019-20 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020-21 | 35 | 10 | — | — | — | 35 | 10 | |||||
| 2021-22 | 46 | 11 | — | 10[b] | 3 | — | 56 | 14 | ||||
| 2022-23 | 26 | 7 | — | 5[c] | 1 | — | 31 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 109 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 32 | ||
| Antigua | 2022-23 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 15 | 5 | — | — | — | 15 | 5 | |||
| 2023-24 | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| Antigua (loan) | 2024-25 | Liga Nacional | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 |
| Career Total | 216 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 238 | 50 | ||
- Includes Georgian Cup
- Appearance(s) in CONCACAF League
- Two appearances and one goal in 2022 CONCACAF League, three appearances in 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
- Appearance(s) in Georgian Super Cup
- Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions Cup
International
- As of match played 18 November 2025[27]
- As of match played 18 November 2025
- Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Santis goal.[27]
Honours
Suchitepéquez
Comunicaciones
- CONCACAF League: 2021[5]
- Liga Guate: 2022 Clausura[40]
Dinamo Tbilisi
- Georgian Cup runner-up: 2024
- Georgian Super Cup runner-up: 2024[41]
Antigua
- Liga Guate: 2025 Clausura
Individual
- CONCACAF League Best Young Player: 2021[7]
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2025[42]
See also
Notes
- ^ National Football Teams awards a goal to Santis on 21 March 2025 against Guyana, however CONCACAF awards this goal to José Martínez.[43]