Oscar Santis

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Oscar Santis
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Santis in 2024
Personal information
Full name Oscar Alexander Santis Cayax [1]
Date of birth (1999-03-25) 25 March 1999 (age 25)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 Suchitepéquez 23 (0)
2019–2022 Comunicaciones 109 (28)
2022–2024 Antigua 32 (7)
2024– Dinamo Tbilisi 22 (2)
International career‡
2018 Guatemala U20 4 (2)
2021– Guatemala 35 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 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.

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Club career

C.D. Suchitepéquez

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]

Comunicaciones F.C.

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]

Antigua GFC

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]

FC Dinamo Tbilisi

In 2024, Oscar Santis signed with Georgia’s Erovnuli Liga club FC Dinamo Tbilisi on a two year contract with a possibility of extension. [9]

On 2 March 2024, Santis made his Erovnuli Liga debut for FC Dinamo Tbilisi resulting in a win. [10] 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. [11] 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. [12] 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. [13] [14]

International career

Guatemala youth career

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. [15]

Guatemala senior career

On 24 February 2021, he made his senior debut in a friendly match against Nicaragua in a 1–0 victory. [16] 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. [17]

Oscar Santis was not selected for Guatemala's 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad due to an injury. [18]

Personal life

Oscar Santis has a younger brother, Diego Santis, who currently plays for Liga Nacional club Antigua. [19] [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 August 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Suchitepéquez 2015-16 Liga Nacional de Guatemala 10———10
2016-17 100———100
2017-18 120———120
Total230000000230
Comunicaciones 2019-20 Liga Nacional de Guatemala 20———20
2020-21 3510———3510
2021-22 4611—10 [lower-alpha 1] 3—5614
2022-23 267—5 [lower-alpha 2] 1—318
Total10928001540012432
Antigua 2022-23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala 155———155
2023-24 172———172
Total327000000327
Dinamo Tbilisi 2024 Erovnuli Liga 222002 [lower-alpha 3] 02 [lower-alpha 4] 0262
Career Total18637001742020541
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in CONCACAF League
  2. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in 2022 CONCACAF League, three appearances in 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Georgian Super Cup

International

As of match played 5 September 2024 [21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guatemala 202191
2022115
202383
202470
Total359
As of match played 5 September 2024
Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Santis goal. [21]
List of international goals scored by Oscar Santis
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
14 June 2021 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala3Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3–010–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [22]
224 April 2022 PayPal Park, San Jose, United States11Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2–04–0 Friendly [23]
33–0
410 June 2022 Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic15Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1–11–1 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B [24]
524 September 2022 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States17Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1–41–4 Friendly [25]
619 November 2022 Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States20Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 2–03–1 Friendly [26]
724 March 2023 FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize22Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 2–02–1 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B [27]
810 September 2023 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala26Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1–11–1 2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League A [28]
913 October 2023 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago27Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2–02–3 2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League A [29]

Honours

Comunicaciones

Dinamo Tbilisi

Individual

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