Yago Santiago
Personal information
Full name Yago de Santiago Alonso
Date of birth (2003-04-15) 15 April 2003
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 58
Youth career
0000–2019 Celta Vigo
2019- Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023- Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15 (UTC)

Yago de Santiago Alonso (born 15 April 2003) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur.[1]

Early life

From Vigo, he attended school at El Colegio San José de Cluny.[2] He began playing at a football academy camp at Arosa SC as a five year-old with his father Gonzalo. He stayed with Arosa for a number of years in his childhood before joining Celta Vigo.[3][4]

Career

As part of the Celta Vigo academy he scored 15 goals for their U16 side during the 2018-19 season. That Spring he visited the academy at Tottenham Hotspur.[5][6] He signed for Spurs in the summer of 2019.[7]

During the 2022-23 season, Santiago was called up to first team Spurs training by manager Antonio Conte after impressing for the Spurs under-21 side.[8] In April 2023, he signed a new two-year contract with Spurs.[9]

He was included in the Spurs first team match-day squad for a Premier League clash against Brighton on 28 December 2023.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "YAGO SANTIAGO". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Yago Santiago". Tottenhamhotspur. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Carballo, Pablo (6 February 2022). "Yago de Santiago: "I want to be prepared for the day I have to debut in the Premier"". Lavozdegalicia. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "The English adventure of the excellent Yago de Santiago and Erik Bugarín". Canteira Celeste. October 5, 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Tottenham Hotspur Eye Move for Celta Vigo Starlet Yago de Santiago Ahead of Summer Window". si.com. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Barcelona and English teams "fish" in the light blue cadet". farodevigo.es. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Wilmott, Lee (4 May 2020). "Tottenham wonderkid posts brilliant video of training to excite Spurs fans". Football London. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Labellarte, Giuseppe (29 November 2022). "Conte calls up 19-year-old forward who creates chances 'out of very little' to Spurs training". tbrfootball. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Labellarte, Giuseppe (15 April 2023). "LIVERPOOL ACE STEFAN BAJCETIC REACTS AS SPURS GEM YAGO SANTIAGO SIGNS NEW CONTRACT". hitc.
  10. ↑ "BRIGHTON VS. SPURS". Soccerway. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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