Carolina Santiago

Carolina Santiago
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-08-31) August 31, 2006
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Sporting CP 4 (4)
2024–2025 → Valadares Gaia (loan) 29 (12)
International career‡
2022 Portugal U-16 1 (1)
2023– Portugal U-19 28 (9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 15, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of June 24, 2025

Carolina Santiago (born 31 August 2006) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Sporting CP.

Club career

Santiago joined Sporting CP's youth program in 2020/21.[1] On 6 August 2024, she joined Valadares Gaia on a season-long loan.[2] She scored 12 goals in 29 games while on loan with the Porto area club.[3]

On 2 October 2025, after scoring five goals in four games to start the season, Santiago agreed a new contract with Sporting until 2029.[3]

International career

Portugal head coach Francisco Neto first called Santiago up to the senior team in October 2025.[4]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 March 2026Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela, Vizela, Portugal Finland2–02–02027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.7 March 2026Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal Slovakia2–04–0
3.18 April 2026Futbal Tatran Arena, Prešov, Slovakia Slovakia2–12–1
4.5 June 2026Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, Estoril, Portugal Latvia1–05–0

References

  1. ↑ "Carolina Santiago é Leoa até 2029". Sporting CP. October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Sporting empresta Carolina Santiago ao Valadares Gaia". O Jogo (in Portuguese). August 6, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Carolina Santiago renova com o Sporting" (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. October 3, 2025. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Carolina Santiago confessa na estreia: «Nervosa e muito feliz também»". Record (in Portuguese). October 20, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
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