| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Santamaría González | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Málaga, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Alhaurín Torre | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | La Cala Moral | ||
| 1992–1996 | Málaga | ||
| 1996–1998 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2004 | Barcelona B | 70 | (9) |
| 2000–2005 | Barcelona | 6 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Oviedo (loan) | 32 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | → Elche (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → Alavés (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Albacete | 31 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Sant Andreu | 30 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Logroñés | 28 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | Alzira | 19 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Antequera | ||
| 2010– | Alhaurín Torre | ||
| National team | |||
| 1997–1998 | Spain U17 | 9 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Spain U18 | 8 | (1) |
| 2000 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Sergio Santamaría González (born 16 July 1980 in Málaga, Andalusia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Alhaurín de la Torre CF in Tercera División, as an attacking midfielder.
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After scoring 52 goals for local outfit La Cala del Moral at 12, Santamaría moved to neighbours Málaga CF to continue his grooming, and joined country giants FC Barcelona after four seasons.
In 1998–99, the Catalan's director of football, Lorenzo Serra Ferrer, promoted him to the club's B side, a team which also included Luis García, Carles Puyol and Xavi Hernández. In the following seasons, he switched back and forth between the B and the C outfits, as both squads operated in 4–3–3, and the player netted 11 goals. On 19 May 2000, he made his first-team - and La Liga - debuts, playing 45 minutes against Celta de Vigo, in the season's closer.
After the following season, in which he played exclusively for the B's, Santamaría begun a series of loans until his June 2005 final release, all in the second division; in between, he also appeared four times for Barça in the campaign in which he was not loaned. In all three seasons away from his main club combined, he scored three times and provided 35 assists.
In the 2005 summer, Santamaría moved to Albacete Balompié, also in level two. In the following two seasons, he dropped down a level, with UE Sant Andreu and CD Logroñés;[1] after a solid individual season with the latter, the club was nonetheless relegated due to economic issues.
Santamaría resumed his career in level four, respectively with UD Alzira and Antequera CF (the latter in his native Andalusia).
As he was part of Barcelona B's setup, Santamaría was called to represent Spain at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship, in Egypt. He was the recipient of the tournament's Golden Ball, over the likes of Ronaldinho, Gabriel Milito and Sebastian Deisler; Spain finished third.[2]