Santiago "Cucurucho" Santamaría (22 August 1952 – 27 July 2013) was an Argentine professional footballer who played primarily as a winger.

Santiago Santamaría
Santamaría in early 1970s
Personal information
Full name Santiago Santamaría
Date of birth (1952-08-22)22 August 1952
Place of birth San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
Date of death 27 July 2013(2013-07-27) (aged 60)
Place of death Córdoba city, Argentina
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1974 Newell's Old Boys
1974–1979 Reims 148 (41)
1980–1983 Newell's Old Boys 293 (90)
1984 Talleres
International career
1980–1982 Argentina 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his club career he played for Newell's Old Boys (1971–74, 1980–83), Stade de Reims (1974–1979), and Talleres de Córdoba (1984). He played for the Argentina national team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. In Newell's, Santamaría ranks 2nd among the all-time top scorers, with 90 goals scored during his two tenures in the club.

After his retirement, he settled in Córdoba, where he died from a heart attack on 27 July 2013.[1]

Highlights

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In April 1978 Santamaría was the last player to score a hat-trick for Stade de Reims in the top flight before Boulaye Dia repeated the feat in October 2020.[2]

Honours

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Newell's Old Boys
Stade de Reims

References

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  1. ^ "Murió Cucurucho Santamaría", Clarín, 27 July 2013
  2. ^ "Reims stun Montpellier, Briand scores 100th goal". Ligue 1. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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