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Spanish association football player

Yago Santiago
Personal information
Full name Yago de Santiago Alonso
Date of birth (2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Vigo, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team Elche
Number 24
Youth career
Areosa
2016–2019 Celta
2019–2024 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2024 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2024– Elche 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2024

Yago de Santiago Alonso (born 15 April 2003) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a winger for Elche CF.

Early life

From Vigo, Santiago attended school at El Colegio San José de Cluny. He began playing at a football academy camp at CD Areosa as a five year-old with his father Gonzalo. He stayed with Areosa for a number of years in his childhood before joining RC Celta de Vigo.

Career

Tottenham Hotspur

As part of Celta's academy, Santiago scored 15 goals for their U16 side during the 2018-19 season. That Spring, he visited the academy at Tottenham Hotspur and signed for the club in the summer of 2019.

During the 2022–23 season, Santiago was called up to first team Spurs training by manager Antonio Conte after impressing for the under-21 side. In April 2023, he signed a new two-year contract with Spurs.

Santiago was included in the Spurs first team match-day squad for a Premier League clash against Brighton & Hove Albion on 28 December 2023, but remained an unused substitute

Elche

On 30 July 2024, Santiago returned to Spain and signed a permanent deal with Segunda División side Elche CF.

References

  1. Yago Santiago at Soccerway
  2. "Yago Santiago". Tottenhamhotspur. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. Carballo, Pablo (6 February 2022). "Yago de Santiago: "I want to be prepared for the day I have to debut in the Premier"". Lavozdegalicia. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. "The English adventure of the excellent Yago de Santiago and Erik Bugarín". Canteira Celeste. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. "Tottenham Hotspur Eye Move for Celta Vigo Starlet Yago de Santiago Ahead of Summer Window". si.com. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. "Barcelona and English teams "fish" in the light blue cadet". farodevigo.es. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. Wilmott, Lee (4 May 2020). "Tottenham wonderkid posts brilliant video of training to excite Spurs fans". Football London. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. Labellarte, Giuseppe (29 November 2022). "Conte calls up 19-year-old forward who creates chances 'out of very little' to Spurs training". tbrfootball. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  9. Labellarte, Giuseppe (15 April 2023). "LIVERPOOL ACE STEFAN BAJCETIC REACTS AS SPURS GEM YAGO SANTIAGO SIGNS NEW CONTRACT". hitc.
  10. "BRIGHTON VS. SPURS". Soccerway. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  11. "Yago Santiago, talento y juventud para el Elche CF" [Yago Santiago, talent and youth for Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

External links

Elche CF – current squad
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