Erik De Los Santos

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is De Los Santos and the second or maternal family name is Olivera.

Erik De Los Santos

Personal information
Full name	Gonzalo Erik De Los Santos Olivera
Date of birth	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Unión La Calera
Youth career
	Peñarol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2021	Peñarol	0	(0)
2020	→ Villa Española (loan)	21	(1)
2021–2024	Racing Montevideo	94	(7)
2025–	Unión La Calera	0	(0)
International career^‡
2017	Uruguay U18	4	(0)
2018–2019	Uruguay U20	15	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2025

Gonzalo Erik De Los Santos (born 16 January 1999), known as Erik De Los Santos,[2] is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Unión La Calera.

Club career

A product of Peñarol,[3] De Los Santos was loaned out to Villa Española in 2020.[4] The next year, he signed with Racing Club de Montevideo,[5] with whom he won the Uruguayan Segunda División in 2022 and got the promotion to the top level[6][7] and took part in the 2024 Copa Sudamericana.[8]

In 2025, De Los Santos moved to Chile and signed with Unión La Calera.[9]

International career

De Los Santos represented Uruguay at under-18 level in four friendly matches.[10]

At under-20 level, De Los Santos played 15 matches in total and scored one goal.[10] He made appearances at friendly matches, the 2018 South American Games[11] and the 2019 South American Championship.[12]

At senior level, De Los Santos represented a Uruguay local squad in a friendly against the Brazilian club Grêmio on 5 December 2024.[13][14]

References

1. "Erik De Los Santos". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2025.
2. Erik De Los Santos on Instagram
3. "Erik De los Santos: su "espina" en Peñarol, la foto viral con Óscar Tabárez y el presente en Racing". El País (in Spanish). 15 March 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
4. "Los problemas con los que tuvo que lidiar Forlán en Peñarol". El Observador (in Spanish). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2025. se fueron cedidos a préstamo los goleros... el volante Erik De los Santos (VIlla Española) y...
5. "Racing: Contrató al volante Erik De los Santos". elascenso.com (in Spanish). March 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
6. "Racing campeón del Competencia en la "B"". Diario La R (in Spanish). 25 April 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
7. "Racing es el campeón de la Segunda División Profesional". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). 25 September 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
8. "VIDEO: Erik De Los Santos marcó el segundo gol de Racing de Montevideo". DSports (in Spanish). 7 May 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
9. "Unión La Calera se reforzó con el uruguayo Erik de los Santos". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
10. "14 - Erik De Los Santos - AUF". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2025.
11. "Uruguay en los Odesur". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). 28 May 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
12. "Erick de los Santos, el pibe que le pidió una foto al Maestro Tabárez". la diaria (in Spanish). 13 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
13. "Jugadores convocados para la Selección Local". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). 2 December 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
14. "Selección Local - Uruguay 2-1 Gremio". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). 5 December 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

External links

• Erik De Los Santos at Soccerway
• Erik De Los Santos at WorldFootball.net