Santiago Santamaría
Argentine footballer
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Santiago "Cucurucho" Santamaría (22 August 1952 – 27 July 2013) was an Argentine professional footballer who played primarily as a winger.
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Santamaría in early 1970s | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Santiago Santamaría | ||
| Date of birth | 22 August 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 27 July 2013 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Córdoba city, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1974 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| 1974–1979 | Reims | 148 | (41) |
| 1980–1983 | Newell's Old Boys | 293 | (90) |
| 1984 | Talleres | ||
| International career | |||
| 1980–1982 | Argentina | 10 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
During his club career he played for Newell's Old Boys (1971–1974, 1980–1983), Stade de Reims (1974–1979), and Talleres de Córdoba (1984). He played for the Argentina national team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. In Newell's, Santamaría ranks 2nd among the all-time top scorers, with 90 goals scored during his two tenures in the club.
After his retirement, he settled in Córdoba, where he died from a heart attack on 27 July 2013.[1]
Highlights
In April 1978 Santamaría was the last player to score a hat-trick for Stade de Reims in the top flight before Boulaye Dia repeated the feat in October 2020.[2]
