Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yago de Santiago Alonso | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 2003 | ||
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 | 18 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 March 2025 |
Yago de Santiago Alonso (born 15 April 2003) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a winger for Elche CF. [1]
From Vigo, Santiago attended school at El Colegio San José de Cluny. [2] 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. [3] [4]
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 [5] [6] and signed for the club in the summer of 2019. [7]
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. [8] In April 2023, he signed a new two-year contract with Spurs. [9]
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 [10]
On 30 July 2024, Santiago returned to Spain and signed a permanent deal with Segunda División side Elche CF. [11]