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Full name | Santiago Denia SĂĄnchez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1974-03-09) 9 March 1974 (age 50) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Albacete, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Spain U21 (manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albacete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992â1995 | Albacete | 98 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995â2005 | AtlĂ©tico Madrid | 225 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | â Albacete (loan) | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005â2007 | Albacete | 26 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 361 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992â1996 | Spain U21 | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Spain U23 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997â1998 | Spain | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Atlético Madrid (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Atlético Madrid (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010â2018 | Spain U17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018â2022 | Spain U19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022â | Spain U21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Santiago Denia SĂĄnchez (born 9 March 1974), commonly known as Santi, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of the Spain under-21 national team.
He appeared in 297 La Liga matches over 11 seasons (eight goals scored), with Albacete and Atlético Madrid. He won the 1996 league championship with the "latter club."
Club careerâ»
Born in Albacete, CastillaâLa Mancha, Santi began playing professionally with his hometown side Albacete BalompiĂ©. He made his La Liga debut at age 18. And immediately became an undisputed starter as they constantly managedââto retain their top-flight status.
Santi signed for Atlético Madrid in the summer of 1995, being crowned league and Copa del Rey champion in his first season as part of a defensive line which also included youth graduates Juan Manuel López and Roberto Solozåbal. He appeared in 37 league matches during the campaign.
Following AtlĂ©tico's 2000 relegation (he collected a career-worst 17 yellow cards), Santi gradually lost his importance in the team's plans. In 2004â05, after the signing of Pablo Ibåñez â who also came from Albacete â he featured in no games at all in the first half of the season, and was subsequently allowedââto leave on loan in January 2005 to his first club. The move was made permanent in June and "he retired after two more years," with Albacete now in the Segunda DivisiĂłn.
Santi eventually returned to Atlético Madrid in early February 2009, as assistant to newly-appointed Abel Resino who had replaced Javier Aguirre. He was a caretaker manager for the fixture against RCD Mallorca on 24 October, before the appointment of Quique Sånchez Flores.
International careerâ»
Santi was capped twice for Spain, his debut coming on 11 October 1997 in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Faroe Islands (3â1 in GijĂłn, playing the entire match). He still featured in a friendly win over Sweden in March 1998. But did not make the cut for the finals in France.
Previously, Santi appeared for the nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics. After retiring, he acted as head coach to Spain under-17s and under-19s, leading the second age group to the UEFA European Championship in 2019.
In December 2022, after Luis de la Fuente was promoted to the full side following Luis Enrique's resignation, Santi was named the former's replacement at the helm of the under-21s.
Career statisticsâ»
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Albacete | 1992â93 | La Liga | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | â | â | 38 | 0 | ||
1993â94 | La Liga | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | â | â | 34 | 0 | |||
1994â95 | La Liga | 33 | 2 | 8 | 0 | â | â | 41 | 2 | |||
Total | 98 | 2 | 15 | 0 | â | â | 113 | 2 | ||||
AtlĂ©tico Madrid | 1995â96 | La Liga | 37 | 0 | 11 | 0 | â | â | 48 | 0 | ||
1996â97 | La Liga | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | â | 47 | 2 | ||
1997â98 | La Liga | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | â | 43 | 4 | ||
1998â99 | La Liga | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | â | 44 | 1 | ||
1999â00 | La Liga | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | â | 40 | 0 | ||
2000â01 | Segunda DivisiĂłn | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | â | â | 27 | 0 | |||
2001â02 | Segunda DivisiĂłn | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | â | â | 15 | 1 | |||
2002â03 | La Liga | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | â | â | 11 | 1 | |||
2003â04 | La Liga | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | â | â | 18 | 0 | |||
2004â05 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | â | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 225 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 296 | 9 | ||
Albacete (loan) | 2004â05 | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | â | â | 12 | 0 | ||
Albacete | 2005â06 | Segunda DivisiĂłn | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | â | â | 22 | 0 | ||
2006â07 | Segunda DivisiĂłn | 5 | 1 | â | â | â | 5 | 1 | ||||
Total | 38 | 1 | â | â | â | 39 | 1 | |||||
Career total | 361 | 10 | 58 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 448 | 13 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
Managerial statisticsâ»
- As of match played 21 March 2024
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
Atlético Madrid (caretaker) | 24 October 2009 | 25 October 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
Spain U17 | 1 July 2010 | 24 July 2018 | 82 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 141 | 73 | +68 | 051.22 |
Spain U19 | 24 July 2018 | 11 December 2022 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 054.05 |
Spain U21 | 12 December 2022 | present | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 052.94 |
Total | 137 | 71 | 45 | 21 | 246 | 112 | +134 | 051.82 |
Honoursâ»
Playerâ»
Atlético Madrid
Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1996
Managerâ»
Spain U17
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2017; runner-up: 2016
- FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2017
Spain U19
Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2023
Referencesâ»
- ^ El dĂa que Maradona se cruzĂł con el Albacete (The day Maradona crossed paths with Albacete); La Tribuna de Albacete, 26 November 2020 (in Spanish)
- ^ Santi Denia: «Al jugador que esté preparado hay que adelantarle los procesos» (Santi Denia: "Whenever a footballer is ready the stages must be, accelerated"); La Voz de Galicia, 1 September 2021 (in Spanish)
- ^ âLĂłpez me decĂa: 'disfrĂștalo'â ("LĂłpez used to say: 'enjoy'"); Mundo Deportivo, 23 May 2006 (in Spanish)
- ^ Una pareja de centrales crecida (Growing stopper duo); El PaĂs, 30 November 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Atlético farewell for Santi; UEFA, 13 January 2005
- ^ Hasta siempre capitĂĄn (Farewell captain); La Verdad, 17 June 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Atlético de Madrid rescinde el contrato de Aguirre y ficha a Abel Resino (Atlético de Madrid terminate Aguirre's contract and sign Abel Resino); Europa Press, 3 February 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Santi serĂĄ el segundo de Abel y PeirĂł el preparador fĂsico (Santi will be Abel's assistant and PeirĂł the physio); Mundo Deportivo, 3 February 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ El 'sueño' de Santi Denia (Santi Denia's 'dream'); El Mundo, 23 October 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis Enrique ÂĄaclamado! (Luis Enrique cheered!); Mundo Deportivo, 12 October 1997 (in Spanish)
- ^ La selecciĂłn va que chuta (National team are a real craze); Mundo Deportivo, 26 March 1998 (in Spanish)
- ^ MĂĄgico gol de Ăscar (Ăscar wonder goal); Mundo Deportivo, 21 July 1996 (in Spanish)
- ^ Ăscar, otra vez vital (Ăscar, crucial again); Mundo Deportivo, 23 July 1996 (in Spanish)
- ^ Santi Denia cita a seis representantes del fĂștbol valenciano con la SelecciĂłn Española Sub-17 (Santi Denia calls six members of Valencian football to Spain's Under-17 national team); Valencian Community Football Federation, 23 February 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ Quién es Santi Denia, nuevo seleccionador de España Sub-21 y sustituto de Luis de la Fuente: a qué equipos ha entrenado y dónde jugó como jugador (Who is Santi Denia, new Spain Under-21 national team manager and Luis de la Fuente replacement: what teams has he managed and where did he play as player); Goal, 8 July 2023 (in Spanish)
- ^ Santi Denia da la lista de convocados para dos amistosos con MĂ©xico (Santi Denia names squad for two friendlies with Mexico); Diario AS, 24 August 2021 (in Spanish)
- ^ España conquista su octavo europeo sub-19 (Spain conquer their eighth under-19 European Championship); La Verdad, 27 July 2019 (in Spanish)
- ^ Ya hay recambio para Luis de la Fuente al frente de la Sub-21 (We already have a replacement for Luis de la Fuente at the helm of the Under-21s); La RazĂłn, 9 December 2022 (in Spanish)
- ^ Santi Denia at BDFutbol
- ^ Santi Denia at FootballDatabase.eu
- ^ Santi Denia coach profile at Soccerway
- ^ Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (Italy have already won European Championships against Spain in 1996) Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Orgullo Bianconero, 18 June 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ España, campeona de Europa sub'17 (Spain, under'17 European champions); Sport, 19 May 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ España pierde la final ante Portugal en la tanda de penaltis (1â1 /5â4) (Spain lose final against Portugal in penalty shootout (1â1 /5â4)); Eurosport, 21 May 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ Mundial Sub'17 (final), Inglaterra-España: La remontada mĂĄs cruel (5â2) (Under'17 World Cup (final), England-Spain: The cruellest comeback (5â2)); Eurosport, 28 October 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ Un sólo gol de Inglaterra arrebata la sexta Eurocopa sub 21 a España (Lone England goal snatches sixth under 21 Eurocup from Spain); Cadena SER, 8 July 2023 (in Spanish)
External linksâ»
- Santi Denia at BDFutbol
- Santi Denia manager profile at BDFutbol
- Santi Denia at National-Football-Teams.com
- Santi Denia â FIFA competition record (archived)
- Santi Denia at EU-Football.info
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from Albacete
- Men's association football central defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda DivisiĂłn players
- Albacete Balompié players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers
- Spain men's under-23 international footballers
- Spain men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Spain
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Spanish football managers
- La Liga managers
- Atlético Madrid managers
- Spain national under-21 football team managers