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| Full name | Juan Cruz de los Santos da Luz[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 February 2003[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Nacional | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| River Plate Montevideo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | River Plate Montevideo | 89 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Nacional | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Uruguay U20 | 36 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Uruguay U23 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Uruguay A' | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Juan Cruz de los Santos da Luz (born 22 February 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional.[2]
Club career
[edit]De los Santos is a youth academy graduate of River Plate Montevideo. He made his professional debut for the club on 5 March 2022 in a 1–1 draw against Cerro Largo.[3]
De los Santos joined Nacional in July 2025 on a contract until December 2027.[4]
International career
[edit]De los Santos was a part of the Uruguayan side that won the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[5][6]
On 28 September 2023, De los Santos was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2023 Pan American Games.[7] In January 2024, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Growing up, Lionel Messi and Neymar were the footballing idols of De los Santos.[3]
Honours
[edit]Uruguay U20
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Juan Cruz de los Santos at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Juan Cruz de los Santos: sus inicios, las enseñanzas del Mono Pereira y sus sueños" (in Spanish). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Nacional oficializó a Juan Cruz de los Santos: cuánto paga, contrato y más detalles" (in Spanish). 28 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ a b Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Lista definida para los Juegos Panamericanos 2023" (in Spanish). AUF. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Lista final para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Uruguay vicecampeón del CONMEBOL SUB20". 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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