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Santi Comesaña
Comesaña with Rayo Vallecano in 2019
Personal information
Full name Santiago Comesaña Veiga
Date of birth (1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Vigo, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rayo Vallecano
Number 6
Youth career
Val Miñor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Coruxo 37 (8)
2016– Rayo Vallecano 155 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:30, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Santiago "Santi" Comesaña Veiga (born 5 October 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano as a central midfielder.

Career

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Comesaña was an ED Val Miñor youth graduate.[1] On 9 July 2015, he signed for Segunda División B side Coruxo FC, after impressing on a trial basis.[2]

On 22 August 2015, Comesaña made his senior debut, starting and scoring his team's second in a 3–2 away win against Atlético Astorga FC.[3] On 6 December, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 home routing of SD Compostela.[4]

On 16 July 2016, after scoring eight goals in 37 matches during the campaign, Comesaña signed a four-year contract with Rayo Vallecano, freshly relegated to Segunda División.[5] He made his professional debut on 28 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for Adri Embarba in a 0–0 home draw against Real Valladolid.[6]

Comesaña scored his first professional goal on 1 April 2017, netting the first in a 3–1 away win against Girona FC. He contributed with two goals in 33 appearances during the 2017–18 campaign, as his side achieved promotion to La Liga as champions.

Comesaña made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 25 August 2018, starting in a 1–0 away loss against Atlético Madrid.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 August 2021[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Coruxo 2015–16 Segunda División B 37 8 0 0 37 8
Rayo Vallecano 2016–17 Segunda División 17 2 1 0 18 2
2017–18 Segunda División 33 2 0 0 33 2
2018–19 La Liga 25 1 0 0 25 1
2019–20 Segunda División 21 1 0 0 21 1
2020–21 Segunda División 35 3 4 0 4[a] 0 43 3
2021–22 La Liga 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 133 9 5 0 4 0 138 9
Career total 170 17 5 0 4 0 179 17
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

Honours

Rayo Vallecano

References

  1. ^ "La perla de bronce: Santi Comesaña, polivalencia" [The bronze pearl: Santi Comesaña, versatility] (in Spanish). Vavel. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ "El Coruxo incorpora a Santi Comesaña y Pablo García" [Coruxo sign Santi Comesaña and Pablo García] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ^ "El Coruxo ahonda en la herida maragata" [Coruxo deepen the maragata wound] (in Spanish). Vavel. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. ^ "El Coruxo tiene una perla" [Coruxo have a pearl] (in Spanish). Atlántico Diario. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Santi Comesaña nuevo jugador del Rayo" [Santi Comesaña new player of Rayo] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Rayo y Valladolid convierten en protagonistas a sus porteros" [Rayo and Valladolid turn their goalkeepers into protagonists] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  7. ^ "'Obi Oblak' en el Metropolitano" ['Obi Oblak' at the Metropolitano] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  8. ^ Santi Comesaña at Soccerway