Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oscar Alexander Santis Cayax [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 March 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014-2017 | Suchitepéquez | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | Suchitepéquez | 23 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Comunicaciones | 109 | (28) |
2022–2024 | Antigua | 32 | (7) |
2024– | Dinamo Tbilisi | 29 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Guatemala U20 | 4 | (2) |
2021– | Guatemala | 38 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 |
Oscar Alexander Santis Cayax (born 25 March 1999) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi and the Guatemala national team.
Oscar Santis started his senior career with Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala club C.D. Suchitepéquez coming from the youth side. He would make his senior debut on 4 October 2015 in a 3-1 league win against Antigua at the age of 16. [3]
Oscar Santis signed with Comunicaciones F.C. on 2019. [4]
During the 2021 CONCACAF League, Santis was a member of the Comunicaciones squad that ultimately won the tournament. [5] Santis had 10 appearances and three goals in the tournament, which were scored in a hat-trick against Deportivo Saprissa in the first leg of the quarter-finals. [6] He was named the best young player of the tournament. [7]
Santis signed with Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala club Antigua GFC on 2022, at the end of the 2022-23 Apertura season from Comunicaciones. Santis tallied 32 goals in 124 appearances across all competitions, winning the 2021 CONCACAF League and Liga Nacional de Guatemala 2021-22 Clausura with Comunicaciones. [8]
In January 2024, Oscar Santis signed with Georgia’s Erovnuli Liga club FC Dinamo Tbilisi on a two year contract with a possibility of extension. [9] [10]
On 2 March 2024, Santis made his Erovnuli Liga debut for FC Dinamo Tbilisi resulting in a win. [11] On 3 April 2024, Santis made his first contribution to a goal in Europe, assisting teammate Vakhtang Salia in a 2-2 league draw against Dila Gori. [12] Santis would score his first European goal against FC Iberia 1999 on 10 May 2024, in which the match resulted in a 1-0 win at home. [13] On 11 July 2024, Oscar Santis would participate with Dinamo Tbilisi in a 2024–25 UEFA Conference League match against FK Mornar, becoming the third Guatemalan to participate in a UEFA tournament. He played the entire match and recorded an assist in a 2-1 defeat. [14] [15]
Santis debuted internationally on his youth team with the Guatemala U-20 team on 2 November 2018, and scored his first goal for the team against Guyana in the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in a 4–0 victory. [16]
On 24 February 2021, he made his senior debut in a friendly match against Nicaragua in a 1–0 victory. [17] On 4 June 2021, at the 2022 World Cup qualifying match against St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Santis scored his first senior goal for Guatemala in a 10–0 victory. [18]
Oscar Santis was not selected for Guatemala's 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad due to an injury. [19]
Oscar Santis has a younger brother, Diego Santis, who currently plays for Liga Nacional club Antigua. [20] [21]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Suchitepéquez | 2015-16 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2016-17 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
2017-18 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Comunicaciones | 2019-20 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2020-21 | 35 | 10 | — | — | — | 35 | 10 | |||||
2021-22 | 46 | 11 | — | 10 [b] | 3 | — | 56 | 14 | ||||
2022-23 | 26 | 7 | — | 5 [c] | 1 | — | 31 | 8 | ||||
Total | 109 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 32 | ||
Antigua | 2022-23 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 15 | 5 | — | — | — | 15 | 5 | |||
2023-24 | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||||
Total | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | ||
Dinamo Tbilisi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 [d] | 0 | 2 [e] | 0 | 33 | 3 |
Career Total | 193 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 213 | 42 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Guatemala | 2021 | 9 | 1 |
2022 | 11 | 5 | |
2023 | 8 | 3 | |
2024 | 10 | 2 | |
Total | 38 | 11 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 4 June 2021 | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3–0 | 10–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [23] |
2 | 24 April 2022 | PayPal Park, San Jose, United States | 11 | El Salvador | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | [24] |
3 | 3–0 | |||||||
4 | 10 June 2022 | Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 15 | Dominican Republic | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B | [25] |
5 | 24 September 2022 | Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States | 17 | Colombia | 1–4 | 1–4 | Friendly | [26] |
6 | 19 November 2022 | Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States | 20 | Nicaragua | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly | [27] |
7 | 24 March 2023 | FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize | 22 | Belize | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B | [28] |
8 | 10 September 2023 | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | 26 | Panama | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League A | [29] |
9 | 13 October 2023 | Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League A | [30] |
10 | 11 October 2024 | Synthetic Track and Field Facility, Leonora, Guyana | 37 | Guyana | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League A | [31] |
11 | 3–1 |
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