Juan Cruz de los Santos

Juan Cruz de los Santos
Personal information
Full name Juan Cruz de los Santos da Luz[1]
Date of birth (2003-02-22) 22 February 2003[1]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Nacional
Number 19
Youth career
River Plate Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2025 River Plate Montevideo 89 (10)
2025– Nacional 2 (1)
International career‡
2021–2023 Uruguay U20 36 (4)
2023–2024 Uruguay U23 10 (0)
2024– Uruguay local 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner2023 Argentina
South American U-20 Championship
Runner-up2023 Colombia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 December 2024

Juan Cruz de los Santos da Luz (born 22 February 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional.[2]

Club career

De los Santos is a youth academy graduate of River Plate Montevideo. He made his professional debut for the club on 5 March 2022 in a 1–1 draw against Cerro Largo.[3]

De los Santos joined Nacional in July 2025 on a contract until December 2027.[4]

International career

De los Santos was a part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[5][6]

On 28 September 2023, De los Santos was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2023 Pan American Games.[7] In January 2024, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[8]

Personal life

Growing up, Lionel Messi and Neymar were the footballing idols of De los Santos.[3]

Honours

Uruguay U20

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Juan Cruz de los Santos at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 "Juan Cruz de los Santos: sus inicios, las enseñanzas del Mono Pereira y sus sueños" (in Spanish). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Nacional oficializó a Juan Cruz de los Santos: cuánto paga, contrato y más detalles" (in Spanish). 28 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Lista definida para los Juegos Panamericanos 2023" (in Spanish). AUF. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Lista final para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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