Oscar Alexander Santis Cayax (born 25 March 1999) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi and the Guatemala national team.
Santis in 2024
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oscar Alexander Santis Cayax[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-03-25) 25 March 1999 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Suchitepéquez | 23 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Comunicaciones | 109 | (28) |
| 2023–2024 | Antigua | 32 | (7) |
| 2024– | Dinamo Tbilisi | 18 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Guatemala U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2021– | Guatemala | 34 | (9) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024 | |||
Oscar Santis started his senior career in 2015 with Guatemalan club C.D. Suchitepéquez.[3]
Oscar Santis signed with Comunicaciones F.C. on 2019.[4]
During the 2021 CONCACAF League, Santis was a member of the Comunicaciones squad that ultimately won the tournament.[5] Santis had 10 appearances and three goals in the tournament, which were scored in a hat-trick against Deportivo Saprissa in the first leg of the quarter-finals.[6] He was named the best young player of the tournament.[7]
Santis signed with Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala club Antigua GFC on 2023.[8]
In 2024, Oscar Santis signed with Georgia’s Erovnuli Liga club FC Dinamo Tbilisi on a two year contract with a possibility of extension.[9]
On 2 March 2024, Santis made his Erovnuli Liga debut for FC Dinamo Tbilisi resulting in a win.[10] On 3 April 2024, Santis made his first contribution to a goal in Europe, assisting teammate Vakhtang Salia in a 2-2 league draw against Dila Gori.[11] Santis would score his first European goal against FC Iberia 1999 on 10 May 2024, in which the match resulted in a 1-0 win at home.[12]
Santis debuted internationally on his youth team with the Guatemala U-20 team on 2 November 2018, and scored his first goal for the team against Guyana in the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in a 4–0 victory.[13]
On 24 February 2021, he made his senior debut in a friendly match against Nicaragua in a 1–0 victory.[14]
On 4 June 2021, at the 2022 World Cup qualifying match against St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Santis scored his first senior goal for Guatemala in a 10–0 victory.[15]
Oscar Santis was not selected for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup Guatemala squad due to an injury.[16]
Oscar Santis has a younger brother, Diego Santis, who currently plays for Comunicaciones F.C.[17]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Suchitepéquez | 2015-16 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016-17 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 2017-18 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Comunicaciones | 2019-20 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020-21 | 35 | 10 | — | — | — | 35 | 10 | |||||
| 2021-22 | 46 | 11 | — | 10[a] | 3 | — | 56 | 14 | ||||
| 2022-23 | 26 | 7 | — | 5[b] | 1 | — | 31 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 109 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 32 | ||
| Antigua | 2022-23 | Liga Nacional de Guatemala | 15 | 5 | — | — | — | 15 | 5 | |||
| 2023-24 | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| Career Total | 182 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 199 | 41 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 2021 | 9 | 1 |
| 2022 | 11 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 9 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 June 2021 | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | 3 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
3–0 | 10–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [19] |
| 2 | 24 April 2022 | PayPal Park, San Jose, United States | 11 |  El Salvador |
2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | [20] |
| 3 | 3–0 | |||||||
| 4 | 10 June 2022 | Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 15 |  Dominican Republic |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B | [21] |
| 5 | 24 September 2022 | Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States | 17 |  Colombia |
1–4 | 1–4 | Friendly | [22] |
| 6 | 19 November 2022 | Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States | 20 |  Nicaragua |
2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly | [23] |
| 7 | 24 March 2023 | FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize | 22 |  Belize |
2–0 | 2–1 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B | [24] |
| 8 | 10 September 2023 | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | 26 |  Panama |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League A | [25] |
| 9 | 13 October 2023 | Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 27 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
2–0 | 2–3 | 2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League A | [26] |
Comunicaciones
Dinamo Tbilisi
Individual