Santiago Pita
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| Full name | Santiago Pita[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 June 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Weston, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Atlanta United | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Fratelsa Sport FC | |||||||||||||||||
| Pozuelo de Alarcon | |||||||||||||||||
| Ponferradina | |||||||||||||||||
| Weston FC | |||||||||||||||||
| –2025 | Atlanta United | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Atlanta United 2 | 25 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Atlanta United | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | United States U18 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | United States U19 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Venezuela U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:00, August 23, 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:00, August 7, 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
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Santiago Pita (born 1 June 2007) is a professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Atlanta United.[1] Born in the United States, he is a youth international for Venezuela.
Club career
Atlanta United FC
Pita joined the youth academy of Atlanta United, and began his senior career with Atlanta United 2 in the MLS Next Pro in 2025.[1] On 10 December 2025, he signed a professional Homegrown Player contract with the senior Atlanta United squad.[2]
Pita would make his MLS Next Pro debut on 27 April 2026, in a 0-0 (5-3) penalty shootout loss to FC Cincinnati 2.[3][4]
Honours
Venezuela U20
References
- 1 2 3 "Santiago Pita". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ "Atlanta United signs Santiago Pita to Homegrown contract | Atlanta United FC". Atlanta United. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ "Atlanta United 2 Holds FC Cincinnati 2 Scoreless in Away Draw | Atlanta United 2". Atlanta United 2. 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "FC Cincinnati 2 outlast Atlanta United 2 in shootout, earn two points in afternoon showdown | FC Cincinnati 2". FC Cincinnati. 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "LA VINOTINTO SUB-20 CONQUISTA LA MEDALLA DE ORO EN LOS JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS Y DEL CARIBE 2026". FVF. 8 August 2026.
External links
- Santiago Pita at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- Living people
- 2007 births
- Soccer players from Florida by county
- American men's soccer players
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- Venezuelan men's footballers
- Venezuela men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Atlanta United 2 players
- Atlanta United FC players
- Major League Soccer players
- MLS Next Pro players
- Homegrown Players (MLS)
- Sportspeople from Weston, Florida
- American people of Venezuelan descent
- American people of Portuguese descent
- Venezuelan people of Portuguese descent
- Sportspeople of Venezuelan descent
- Sportspeople of Portuguese descent
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen