| Baptiste Santamaria | |
| Full Name: | Baptiste Santamaria |
| Birth Date: | 9 March 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Doulchard, France |
| Height: | 1.83 m[1] |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Rennes |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthyears1: | 2001–2007 |
| Youthclubs1: | Ent. S. Justices Bourges |
| Youthyears2: | 2007–2008 |
| Youthclubs2: | Bourges Foot |
| Youthyears3: | 2008–2011 |
| Youthclubs3: | Bourges 18 |
| Youthyears4: | 2011–2013 |
| Youthclubs4: | Tours |
| Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Tours B |
| Caps1: | 17 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2013–2016 |
| Clubs2: | Tours |
| Caps2: | 90 |
| Goals2: | 14 |
| Years3: | 2016–2020 |
| Clubs3: | Angers |
| Caps3: | 137 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs4: | SC Freiburg |
| Caps4: | 31 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2021– |
| Clubs5: | Rennes |
| Caps5: | 94 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 2023 |
| Clubs6: | Rennes B |
| Caps6: | 1 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | France U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 27 September 2024 |
Baptiste Santamaria (pronounced as /fr/; born 9 March 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ligue 1 club Rennes.[2]
Santamaria is a youth exponent from Tours. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 18 October 2013 against CA Bastia replacing Bryan Bergougnoux after 88 minutes in a 2–1 away win at the Stade Armand Cesari.[3]
On 25 June 2016, Santamaria joined Ligue 1 side Angers after a transfer fee offer of €400,000 from Angers to Tours had previously been rejected by the latter.[4]
In September 2020, Santamaria moved to Bundesliga club SC Freiburg after protracted negotiations with Angers.[5] [6] German sports magazine kicker reported the transfer fee as "about €10 million", the highest in SC Freiburg's history.
On 17 August 2021, Santamaria transferred to Ligue 1 club Rennes for a reported fee of €14 million.[7]
| Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tours | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 4 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 90 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 14 | |||
| Angers | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 137 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 2 | |||
| SC Freiburg | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||||
| Rennes | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 45 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 59 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 74 | 4 | ||||
| Rennes B | 2022–23 | National 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 318 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 357 | 22 | |||