José Luis Santamaría
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Luis Santamaría Buitrago | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992–1995 | Real Madrid B | 61 | (0) |
| 1995–2004 | Valladolid | 165 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Santamaría and the second or maternal family name is Buitrago.
José Luis Santamaría Buitrago (born 14 January 1973 in Madrid) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a central defender.
Footballc career
After unsuccessfully emerging through the ranks of Real Madrid, Santamaría joined Real Valladolid for the 1995–96 campaign, appearing in 41 matches in his second season and subsequently being an essential defensive member. During three years he often partnered another Real Madrid youth product in the back-four, José García Calvo.
From 2000 to 2004, however, a bad run with injuries and subsequent loss of form limited Santamaría to just 18 games combined (none in his last season), and he retired from the game in June 2004, after nearly 200 official appearances with the Castile and León club.