Santiago Cartagena

Santiago Cartagena
Personal information
Full name Santiago Cartagena Listur
Date of birth (2002-09-01) 1 September 2002
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Deportivo Maldonado
Number 28
Youth career
Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Nacional 9 (1)
2021–2022 → Montevideo City Torque (loan) 35 (0)
2023– Deportivo Maldonado 51 (1)
International career‡
2018–2019 Uruguay U17 15 (1)
2024– Uruguay local 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 December 2024

Santiago Cartagena Listur (born 1 September 2002) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Maldonado.[1]

Club career

A youth academy graduate of Nacional, Cartagena made his professional debut on 7 September 2020 in a 5–1 league win against Cerro.[2] He came on as an 80th-minute substitute for Gabriel Neves and scored his team's final goal in injury time.[3] In April 2021, Cartagena and his Nacional teammate Axel Pérez joined Montevideo City Torque on a loan deal until 31 December 2022.[4][5]

International career

Cartagena is a former Uruguay youth international. He was part of Uruguay under-17 team which participated at the 2019 South American U-17 Championship.[6]

In May 2024, Cartagena was named in the first ever Uruguay local national team squad.[7] He made his Uruguay local team debut on 31 May 2024 in a goalless draw against Costa Rica.[8]

Career statistics

As of 3 February 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nacional 2020 Uruguayan Primera División 41—5[a]01[b]0101
2023 0000000000
Total 41005010100
Montevideo City Torque (loan) 2021 Uruguayan Primera División 160—00—160
2022 190201[a]0—220
Total 350201000380
Career total 391206010481
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  2. ↑ Appearance in championship playoffs

Honours

Nacional

References

  1. 1 2 Santiago Cartagena at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Debutantes de la 10a fecha del Torneo Apertura 2020". 8 September 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Nacional vs. Cerro - 7 September 2020". Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL: Axel Pérez y Santiago Cartagena, nuevos jugadores de Montevideo City Torque". Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Axel Pérez y Cartagena a préstamo al City Torque". Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "8 - Santiago Cartagena - AUF". Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Uruguay dio a conocer su lista de convocados para la Selección del medio local". 26 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Amistoso: la selección uruguaya del medio local empató sin goles ante Costa Rica". 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Nacional Campeón Uruguayo 2020". 6 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.