Sergio Santos (footballer, born 2001)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Santos Fernández | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Leganés, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gimnàstic | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Pérez Galdós | ||
| 2010–2012 | Leganés | ||
| 2012–2020 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Real Madrid B | 50 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | Real Madrid | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Mirandés (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Murcia | 14 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Algeciras (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Real Unión | 30 | (0) |
| 2025– | Gimnàstic | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017 | Spain U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Spain U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Spain U20 | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2025 | |||
Sergio Santos Fernández (born 3 January 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who mainly plays as a right-back for Gimnàstic de Tarragona.
Career
A youth product of AD Pérez Galdós and CD Leganés, Santos joined the youth academy of Real Madrid in 2012. He worked his way up their youth categories, and was promoted to their reserves in 2020.[1]
Santos made his professional – and La Liga – debut with Real Madrid on 22 September 2021, coming on as a late substitute for fellow youth graduate Nacho in a 6–1 win over RCD Mallorca.[2][3] On 20 July 2022, he renewed his contract for two further years.[4]
On 21 July 2022, Santos was loaned to Segunda División side CD Mirandés for the season.[5] On 8 August of the following year, after being rarely used, he left Los Blancos and signed a permanent deal with Primera Federación side Real Murcia CF.[6]
On 1 February 2024, Santos was loaned to fellow third division side Algeciras CF, until June.[7] On 29 July, he joined Real Unión in the same category on a one-year contract.[8]
On 11 July 2025, Santos was announced at Gimnàstic de Tarragona still in division three, after signing a two-year deal.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 13 November 2022[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid Castilla | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 22 | 0 | – | – | 1[a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Primera División RFEF | 28 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |||
| Total | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2 | ||
| Real Madrid | 2021–22 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mirandés (loan) | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 2 | ||
- ^ Appearance in 2021 Segunda División B play-offs
Honours
Real Madrid Juvenil A
References
- ^ Barker, Gabby (26 October 2020). "Meet Sergio Santos, the boy Zidane takes to Germany and who dreamed of being Ramos".
- ^ "Real Madrid vs. Mallorca – 22 September 2021". Soccerway.
- ^ "Debut con goleada, el estreno soñado de Sergio Santos con el Real Madrid" [Debut with a routing, the dream debut of Sergio Santos with Real Madrid] (in Spanish). Madridista Real. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "Sergio Santos renueva hasta 2024 pero apunta a salir" [Sergio Santos renews until 2024 but is touted to leave] (in Spanish). ADN Blanco. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "El C.D. Mirandés incorpora al lateral Sergio Santos" [C.D. Mirandés sign full-back Sergio Santos] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Sergio Santos, lateral muy incisivo y creativo para la primera plantilla 2023–2024" [Sergio Santos, very incisive and creative full-back for the 2023–2024 first team] (in Spanish). Real Murcia CF. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Sergio Santos se marcha cedido al Algeciras hasta final de temporada 2023/2024" [Sergio Santos moves on loan to Algeciras until the end of the 2023/2024 season] (in Spanish). Real Murcia CF. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "Sergio Santos, nuevo fichaje del Real Unión" [Sergio Santos, new signing of Real Unión] (in Spanish). Real Unión. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Sergio Santos, nova incorporació grana" [Sergio Santos, new grana signing] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ Sergio Santos at Soccerway
External links
- Real Madrid profile
- Sergio Santos at BDFutbol
- Sergio Santos at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Sergio Santos at Soccerway