Baptiste Santamaria

Baptiste Santamaria (French: [batist sɑ̃tamaʁja]; born 9 March 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ligue 1 club Rennes.[1]

Baptiste Santamaria
Santamaria in 2015
Personal information
Full name Baptiste Santamaria
Date of birth (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995[1]
Place of birth Saint-Doulchard, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rennes
Number 8
Youth career
2001–2007 Ent. S. Justices Bourges
2007–2008 Bourges Foot
2008–2011 Bourges 18
2011–2013 Tours
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Tours B 17 (3)
2013–2016 Tours 90 (14)
2016–2020 Angers 137 (2)
2020–2021 SC Freiburg 31 (1)
2021– Rennes 86 (4)
2023 Rennes B 1 (1)
International career
2015 France U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024

Club career

Santamaria is a youth exponent from Tours. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 18 October 2013 against CA Bastia replacing Bryan Bergougnoux after 88 minutes in a 2–1 away win at the Stade Armand Cesari.[3]

On 25 June 2016, Santamaria joined Ligue 1 side Angers after a transfer fee offer of €400,000 from Angers to Tours had previously been rejected by the latter.[4]

In September 2020, Santamaria moved to Bundesliga club SC Freiburg after protracted negotiations with Angers.[5][6] German sports magazine kicker reported the transfer fee as "about €10 million", the highest in SC Freiburg's history.[6]

On 17 August 2021, Santamaria transferred to Ligue 1 club Rennes for a reported fee of €14 million.[7]

Career statistics
As of 1 July 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tours 2013–14 Ligue 2 2340010—244
2014–15 3543010—394
2015–16 3263020—376
Total 901460400010014
Angers 2016–17 Ligue 1 3706000—430
2017–18 3101010—330
2018–19 3811010—401
2019–20 2812000—301
2020–21 300000—30
Total 137210020001492
SC Freiburg 2020–21 Bundesliga 30110——311
2021–22 1010——20
Total 31120——331
Rennes 2021–22 Ligue 1 34220—9[lower-alpha 3]0452
2022–23 25210—3[lower-alpha 4]0292
Total 59430—120744
Rennes B 2022–23 National 2 11———11
Career total 318222106012035722
  1. Includes Coupe de France
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "France – B. Santamaria – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. "Baptiste Santamaria". Stade Rennais F.C. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. "Bastia vs. Tours". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. "Santamaria s'engage avec le SCO d'Angers". Le Figaro (in French). 25 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. Kübler, René (17 September 2020). "SC Freiburg verpflichtet den Franzosen Baptiste Santamaria". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. "Königstransfer und Rekordeinkauf: Freiburg holt Santamaria". kicker. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. "BAPTISTE SANTAMARIA DEPARTS FOR RENNES". SC Freiburg. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.


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