Baptiste Santamaria (French: [batist sɑ̃tamaʁja]; born 9 March 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Rennes.[1]
![]() Santamaria in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Baptiste Santamaria | ||
Date of birth | (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 27)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Doulchard, France | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club 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 | 41 | (3) |
National team | |||
2015 | France U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2022 |
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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tours | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 4 | |
2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 4 | ||
2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 6 | ||
Total | 90 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 14 | ||
Angers | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | |
2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 137 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 2 | ||
SC Freiburg | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |
Career total | 257 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 278 | 17 |
Stade Rennais F.C. – current squad | |
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