Name
Santi Cazorla
(Santiago Cazorla González)

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Born
1984 (40 years old)

Birth Place
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Position
Central Midfield

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
8

Height
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight
141 lbs

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Real Oviedo

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League
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Santiago "Santi" Cazorla González (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 13 December 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Oviedo. A former Spanish international, Cazorla operates primarily as an attacking midfielder, but also plays as a winger, central midfielder or as a deep-lying playmaker.

Cazorla began his professional career at Villarreal in 2003 after impressing as a youngster with his hometown club, Real Oviedo. He continued his development at Villarreal before a short spell at partner club, Recreativo de Huelva. After becoming the club's standout player in the 2006–07 La Liga season, contributing to their top-ten finish and being awarded Spain's Footballer of the Year, Cazorla returned to Villarreal for €1.2 million the following season. He then firmly established himself as a key contributor to the side, regularly being named in the La Liga Team of the Season. In 2011, following five fruitful seasons on the Spanish coast, Cazorla moved to La Liga side Málaga in a club-record €21 million deal, where he gained a reputation for his speed, shooting accuracy, capacity to change the rhythm of gameplay, and excellent close control.

After the 2011–12 season, coupled with Málaga's perilous financial situation, he moved to Premier League side Arsenal for a fee of £10 million, where he became a core component to the team in his first year at the club, registering thirteen assists, after which he was voted Arsenal Player of the Season, as well as becoming ranked one of the best footballers in Europe by Bloomberg. Cazorla was also integral in ending the club's nine-year trophy drought, scoring a crucial free-kick en route to winning the FA Cup final in 2014. Injuries plagued his latter years in England, and his six-year association with Arsenal ended in 2018. He then returned to Villarreal for a third spell; in his two seasons, he recorded his highest appearance, league goals and assist count since 2015. In 2020, he signed for Qatari club Al Sadd.

Cazorla made his senior debut for Spain in a victory against Peru in May 2008, and was a semi-regular participant in the nation's triumphs at UEFA Euro 2008 and Euro 2012, as well as featuring at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Chile, and went on to amass 81 appearances and 15 goals for the national side.
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Season Stats
3 appearances in the current 2024-2025 Season
1 goals scored in the current 2024-2025 Season
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Spanish La Liga Team of the Season
2019-2020

Villarreal
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English FA Community Shield
2015

Arsenal
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English FA Cup
2014-2015

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English FA Community Shield
2014

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English FA Cup
2013-2014

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UEFA European Championship
2012

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UEFA European Championship
2008

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UEFA Intertoto Cup
2004

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Arsenal Player Of The Season
2013-05-31


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1996-2003


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2007-2011
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2008-2019
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2011-2012
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2012-2018
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2018-2020
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2020-2023


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2018-2019
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2023-2024


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