Name
Santi Cazorla

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Born
1984 (39 years old)

Birth Place
Llanera, Spain

Position
Central Midfield

Status
Active

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Height
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight
67 kg

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Puma ONE 20.1

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IFM

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Sport
Soccer

Team
Real Oviedo

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League
Spanish La Liga 2

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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.


Career Honours

La Liga Team of the Season
2019-2020

Villarreal

FA Community Shield
2015

Arsenal

FA Cup
2014-2015

Arsenal

FA Community Shield
2014

Arsenal

FA Cup
2013-2014

Arsenal

UEFA European Championship
2012

Malaga

UEFA European Championship
2008

Villarreal

UEFA Intertoto Cup
2004

Villarreal B


Career Milestones


Arsenal Player Of The Season
2013-05-31


Former Youth Teams

1996-2003


Former Senior Teams

2003-2004

2003-2006

2004-2006

2006-2007

2007-2011

2008-2019

2011-2012

2012-2018

2018-2020

2020-2023


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Contracts

2018-2019

2019-2020

2023-2024


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