David Santamaria

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David Santamaria Jr
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David Santamaria playing for Atlanta Silverbacks on April 21, 2012
Personal information
Full name David Santamaria
Date of birth (1990-12-15) December 15, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Miami, Florida, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Miami United F.C.
Youth career
2008–2009 Miami FC
2010 Jacksonville Dolphins
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 13 (2)
2012 → Atlanta Silverbacks (loan) 7 (1)
2013 Des Moines Menace 1 (1)
2014 Cimarrones de Sonora 10 (4)
2015 FC Miami City Champions
2016 Miami Fusion FC 9 (5)
2017– Miami United F.C. 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 13, 2016

David Santamaria (born December 15, 1990) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Miami United F.C. of the National Premier Soccer League.

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Career

Youth

Santamaria grew up in Miami, Florida, attended Miami Sunset Senior High School, and played for the youth academy of former USL First Division side Miami FC, before going on to play one season of college soccer at Jacksonville University.

Professional

Santamaria turned professional immediately following his freshman college year, and after impressing team owners during the 2010 Traffic combine signed with Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League. [1] He made his professional debut - and scored his first professional goal - on May 11 in a 4–2 loss to the Carolina RailHawks. [2]

After just one season with the Strikers, Santamaria joined the Atlanta Silverbacks on a season-long loan. [3] On August 8, 2012, the Santamaria and the Silverbacks agreed to terminate the loan agreement after appearing in seven matches and scoring one goal. [4]

Santamaria traveled in September 2012 to Europe to open up his horizons. He spent 2 months training and playing practice matches with the Portuguese club Sporting Clube de Pombal [5] Following that experience, Santamaria traveled for a trial [6] with the Serbian Superliga first division club FK Sloboda Uzice, [7] after spending a month with the club Santamaria turned down an agreement which did not meet his expectations.

In December 2013, Santamaria signed with the Mexican side second division club Cimarrones de Sonora [8] where he played Clausura 2014.

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References

  1. ↑ "Strikers sign Santamaria". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
  2. ↑ Carolina Defeats Fort Lauderdale 4-2
  3. ↑ "Silverbacks Add Three to Roster | North American Soccer League". Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  4. ↑ "| NASL". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  5. ↑ pt:Sporting Clube de Pombal
  6. ↑ "Srdjan Djekanovic sends David Santamaria, NASL striker, formerly of Ft. Lauderdale Strikers and Atlanta Silverbacks, on trial with Sloboda Uzice of Serbian SuperLiga". August 10, 2012. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ FK Sloboda Užice
  8. ↑ ":: Sitio Oficial de la Segunda División Federación Mexicana de Futbol ::". Archived from the original on July 3, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
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