Michael Santos (footballer)

Michael Nicolás Santos Rosadilla (born 13 March 1993) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Danish club F.C. Copenhagen.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Santos and the second or maternal family name is Posadilla.
Michael Santos
Santos with Uruguay
Personal information
Full name Michael Nicolás Santos Rosadilla
Date of birth (1993-03-13) 13 March 1993
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Copenhagen
Number 18
Youth career
1998–2002 Wanderers de Pando
2002–2004 Nacional de Pando
2004–2006 San Luis de Pando
2006–2008 Montevideo Wanderers
2008–2011 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 River Plate 91 (41)
2016–2019 Málaga 14 (3)
2017–2018 → Gijón (loan) 36 (17)
2018–2019 → Leganés (loan) 16 (1)
2019– Copenhagen 18 (7)
National team‡
2014–2015 Uruguay U22 5 (1)
2015 Uruguay 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2015

Club career

River Plate

Born in Montevideo, Santos was a River Plate Montevideo youth graduate. He made his first team – and Primera División – debut on 13 February 2011, coming on as a second-half substitute for Federico Puppo in a 1–2 home loss against Rampla Juniors.

On 28 April 2012, Santos scored his first professional goal, netting the winner in a 2–1 home win against Fénix.[1] Exactly one month later, he was sent off for two bookable offenses in a 2–4 loss at Racing Montevideo.

Santos scored a career-best 21 goals during the 2014–15 season, with braces against Fénix, Sud América (two times), and Juventud Las Piedras, aside from a hat-trick against El Tanque Sisley.[2] He also scored River's first ever goal in the Copa Libertadores, through a penalty in a 2–0 home win against Universidad de Chile.[3]

Málaga

On 5 July 2016, Santos signed a four-year deal with La Liga club Málaga CF.[4] He made his debut for the club on 23 October, replacing Jony in a 4–0 home routing of CD Leganés.[5]

Santos scored his first goal in the Spanish top tier on 4 November 2016, netting the winner in a 3–2 home win against Sporting de Gijón.[6]

Sporting Gijón (loan)

On 14 August 2017, Santos was loaned to Sporting, now in Segunda División, for one year.[7] He scored 17 goals during the campaign, being the club's top goalscorer and the fifth overall in the category.

Leganés (loan)

On 1 August 2018, Santos was loaned to CD Leganés in the top flight, for one year.[8]

FC Copenhagen

On 21 August 2019, Santos was signed by Danish club F.C. Copenhagen for a reported transfer fee of 2.25 million euro.[9]

International career

On 17 June 2015, Santos was included in Uruguay under-23s' 18-man list for the year's Pan American Games.[10] He appeared in five matches during the tournament, scoring one goal against Brazil, as his side was crowned champions.

On 29 August 2015, Santos was called up to the senior squad by manager Óscar Tabárez as a replacement to injured Abel Hernández.[11] He made his full international debut on 8 September, replacing Jonathan Rodríguez against Costa Rica.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 16 December 2019[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Málaga 2016–17 La Liga 143210000164
Sporting de Gijón (loan) 2017–18 Segunda División 38171000003917
Leganés (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 161000000161
Copenhagen 2019–20 Danish Superliga 1872011200319
Career total 82264181009528

    Honours

    River Plate

    • Torneo Preparación: 2012
    • Copa Integración: 2012

    Uruguay U23

    References
    1. "River Plate 2 – Fénix 1" (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
    2. "Va a firmar su sueño y regresa" [Go make your dream and return] (in Spanish). Ovación. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
    3. "River Plate en noche soñada" [River Plate in dream night] (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
    4. "The forward Michael Santos arrives at Málaga CF". Málaga CF. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
    5. "Cómoda victoria del Málaga en La Rosaleda" [Comfortable victory of Málaga at the La Rosaleda] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
    6. "El Málaga remonta el vuelo" [Málaga comeback the flight] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
    7. "Cerrada la cesión del internacional uruguayo Santos" [Completed the loan of Uruguayan international Santos] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
    8. "Michael Santos se marcha cedido al Leganés" (in Spanish). AS. 1 August 2018.
    9. "B.T. afslører: FCK henter angriber i Spanien". BT (in Danish). 21 August 2019.
    10. "Lista para los Panamericanos" [List for the Pan American Games] (in Spanish). AUF. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
    11. "Michael Santos convocado" [Michael Santos called up] (in Spanish). AUF. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
    12. "Costa Rica le ganó a Uruguay 1:0" [Costa Rica defeated Uruguay 1–0] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
    13. "M. Santos". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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