Carolina Santiago

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Carolina Santiago
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-08-31) August 31, 2006 (age 19)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Sporting CP
Number 13
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Sporting CP 4 (4)
2024–2025Valadares Gaia (loan) 19 (6)
International career
2022 Portugal U-16 1 (1)
2023– Portugal U-19 28 (9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 15, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of June 24, 2025

Carolina Santiago (born 31 August 2006) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Sporting CP.

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Club career

Santiago joined Sporting CP's youth program in 2020/21. [1] On 6 August 2024, she joined Valadares Gaia on a season-long loan. [2] She scored 12 goals in 29 games while on loan with the Porto area club. [3]

On 2 October 2025, after scoring five goals in four games to start the season, Santiago agreed a new contract with Sporting until 2029. [3]

International career

Portugal head coach Francisco Neto first called Santiago up to the senior team in October 2025. [4]

References

  1. "Carolina Santiago é Leoa até 2029". Sporting CP. October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  2. "Sporting empresta Carolina Santiago ao Valadares Gaia". O Jogo (in Portuguese). August 6, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Carolina Santiago renova com o Sporting" (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. October 3, 2025. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  4. "Carolina Santiago confessa na estreia: «Nervosa e muito feliz também»". Record (in Portuguese). October 20, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.