Santi Mina

Santi Mina
Personal information
Full nameSantiago Mina Lorenzo
Date of birth7 December 1995
Place of birthVigo, Spain
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Celta
Number7
Youth career
2005–2012Celta
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2012–2013Celta B13(8)
2013–Celta45(7)
National team
2013Spain U182(1)
2013–2015Spain U1916(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mina and the second or maternal family name is Lorenzo.

Santiago 'Santi' Mina Lorenzo (born 7 December 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Celta de Vigo as a forward.

Club career

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Mina played youth football with hometown's Celta de Vigo, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2012–13 season, in Tercera División. On 5 January he signed a professional deal with the club, running until 2018.[1]

Mina made his first-team – and La Liga – debut for them on 16 February 2013, coming on as a substitute for Iago Aspas in the 66th minute of a 1–3 away defeat against Getafe CF.[2] He scored his first top flight goal on 16 September, but in a 2–3 loss at Athletic Bilbao;[3] at only 17 years, 9 months and 10 days, he became the team's youngest goalscorer in the first division.[4]

On 11 April 2015, Mina scored four goals in a 6–1 home routing of Rayo Vallecano,[5] becoming the youngest player ever to do so in the main category of Spanish football and the first from Celta since 1979.[6]

Personal life

Mina's father, also named Santiago, was also a footballer. A defender, he played for several clubs in the 70s/80s, including Celta.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ El Celta blinda a Santi Mina (Celta shields Santi Mina); La Voz de Galicia, 5 January 2013 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Celta stay in drop zone after defeat; ESPN FC, 16 February 2013
  3. ↑ Athletic open stadium with win; ESPN FC, 16 September 2013
  4. ↑ Santi Mina se convierte en el goleador más joven del Celta en Primera División (Santi Mina becomes the youngest goalscorer of Celta in first division); La Voz de Galicia, 17 September 2013 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Celta halla una Mina (Celta finds a Mine ("Mina" in English)); Marca, 11 April 2015 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ ¡Cuatro goles de Santi Mina! (Four goals from Santi Mina!); Marca, 12 April 2015 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Santi Mina: «Mi padre no me ha visto jugar» (Santi Mina: «My father has not seen me play»); La Voz de Galicia, 15 April 2015 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ 'Papá' Mina no va a Balaídos ('Daddy' Mina does not go to Balaídos); Marca, 15 April 2015 (Spanish)

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