Jonathan Santana
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jonathan Santana Gehre | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1981 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Club Nacional | |||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | San Telmo | 35 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Almagro | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | San Lorenzo | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Nueva Chicago | 33 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | San Lorenzo | 62 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | River Plate | 24 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | VfL Wolfsburg | 41 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | → San Lorenzo (loan) | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Kayserispor | 35 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Libertad | 15 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Independiente | 15 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Belgrano de Córdoba | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Cerro Porteño | 53 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Sarmiento | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2017– | Club Nacional | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2007– | Paraguay | 34 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 December 2015 | ||||||||||||||
Jonathan Santana Gehre (born 19 October 1981) is an Argentina-born Paraguayan football midfielder who plays for Club Nacional and the Paraguay national team.[1]
Santana was a key part of Paraguay's national team whilst under management of Tata Martino, featuring in three major competitions since his called up to the squad in 2007, the 2007 Copa América, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 Copa América. Santana missed the final of the latter due to a red card in the semi-final against Venezuela.
Career
Club
Santana started his career at San Telmo of the Argentine 3rd Division. He went on to play for a number of Argentine Primera clubs, including San Lorenzo and River Plate. In August 2006 he signed a five-year contract with German VfL Wolfsburg. In the winter of 2009, he was loaned out to San Lorenzo.
On 26 July 2010, the Turkish club Kayserispor announced the hiring of the Paraguayan midfielder for three seasons.
Santana debuted for Cerro Porteño in a 3–1 away victory against Club 12 de Octubre on 16 February 2014, Santana was substituted onto the field for Fidencio Oviedo in the 83rd minute of the match.[2]
National team
In June 2007, Santana received Paraguayan citizenship (his mother is a Paraguayan citizen born in San Ignacio, Misiones Department and Argentina did not recognize dual citizenship).[3] He played for Paraguay in the 2007 Copa América. He was also named in Paraguay's final 23-men squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He entered the field during Paraguay's first game, a 1–1 draw with Italy, but suffered an injury during the match. However, as Paraguay's coach Gerardo Martino had already made the three available substitutions, Santana had to stay on the field and play injured for the remaining time.[4]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cerro Porteño | 2014 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Career total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Honours
- San Lorenzo
- VfL Wolfsburg
References
- ^ Refuerzo de experiencia: En Sarmiento firmó Jonathan Santana Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, laverdadonline.com, 5 August 2016
- ^ "12 de Octubre vs. Cerro Porteño 1 - 3". Soccerway. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "Jonathan Santana se nacionalizó paraguayo". adnmundo.com (in Spanish). 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Este Santana suena mal" (in Spanish). Olé. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
External links
- Jonathan Santana at Soccerway
- Jonathan Santana – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Jonathan Santana at National-Football-Teams.com
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) [dead link]
Paraguay squad | |||||||||||||||||||
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- Use dmy dates from February 2013
- Paraguayan footballers
- Paraguay international footballers
- Argentine footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate footballers
- Almagro footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- San Lorenzo footballers
- Nueva Chicago footballers
- River Plate footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Bundesliga players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Süper Lig players
- Kayserispor footballers
- Paraguayan Primera División players
- Club Libertad footballers
- Club Atlético Belgrano footballers
- Cerro Porteño players
- Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine emigrants to Paraguay
- Argentine people of Paraguayan descent
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- 1981 births
- Living people
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- 2011 Copa América players