Baptiste Santamaria
| Baptiste Santamaria | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | March 9, 1995 | |
| place of birth | Saint-Doulchard , France | |
| size | 183 cm | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2001-2007 | ES Justices Bourges | |
| 2007-2011 | Bourges FC 18 | |
| 2011-2013 | FC Tours | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2013-2016 | FC Tours | 90 (14) |
| 2016– | SCO Angers | 134 (2) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2015 | France U-20 | 3 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of March 7, 2020 |
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Baptiste Santamaria (born March 9, 1995 in Saint-Doulchard ) is a French football player .
Club career
Youth (until 2013)
Santamaria grew up in the area of the central French town of Bourges and began playing football there at an early age at an amateur club. He stayed loyal to the club called ESJ Bourges for years before joining the youth team of bigger local rivals FC Bourges 18 in 2007 . With Morgan Sanson he had another talent who would later make the breakthrough and, like Santamaria, came from the nearby Saint-Doulchard. The latter already showed great potential back then, which is why he was accepted into a regional football school of the national association at the age of 13. A little later, however, he returned to Bourges. He took the next significant step in the summer of 2011 when the youth department head Bernard Blaquart brought him to the junior performance center of the professional club FC Tours .
In the youth of Tours, he pursued his football training while attending high school and graduating from high school in 2013. After he preferred to play in attacking midfield in previous years, he also tried his hand at Tours as a striker .
Breakthrough at Tours (from 2013)
At the beginning of the 2013/14 season, the then 18-year-old was accepted into the fifth-class second team of Tours FC. In this he immediately became a top performer and presented himself so strongly that he was appointed to the professional team by coach Olivier Pantaloni in autumn . On October 18, 2013, he came on for Bryan Bergougnoux in a 2-1 away win against the later relegated CA Bastia in the 88th minute , making his professional and second division debut. For a few weeks it stayed with this short stint, but then he was allowed to present himself again in a 2-2 win against Le Havre AC and stood at the next encounter, which was on November 29th with a 2-1 win against ES Troyes AC ended up on the pitch from the start. This marked the breakthrough for the 18-year-old player, who from then on became an integral part of the team.
Despite his young age, he convinced in the further course of the 2013/14 season with a great skill level and a mature tactical behavior. His rapid ascent within the team meant that football took even more time for him and he therefore dropped out of a law degree that he started in 2013 for the time being. In May 2014 he was awarded a professional contract valid for three years. He was able to maintain his regular position in his second season in professional operation. In the run-up to the 2016/17 season, he was signed by the first division club SCO Angers . With this he took a regular place from now on.
National team
In March 2014, the young player was appointed to a course in the French U-19 national team. However, he had to cancel his participation, as the upcoming game in the league had priority for him. At the end of the 2014/15 season, he was named to France's U-20 team and made his international debut on May 27, 2015 in a 3-1 win over the United States. This was followed by two further missions for the U-20s in the following days.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joueur - Baptiste SANTAMARIA , fff.fr
- ↑ a b Baptiste Santamaria: "Je ne savais même pas marcher que je tapais déjà dans le ballon" ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , sharkfoot.fr
- ↑ Football: Baptiste Santamaria , footballdatabase.eu
- ↑ Baptiste Santamaria - player profile , transfermarkt.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Santamaria, Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1995 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Doulchard , France |