Lucas de los Santos
{{Short description|Uruguayan football player (born 2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Lucas de los Santos
|image =
|caption =
|fullname = Lucas Paul de los Santos Ruiz Díaz
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|7|26|df=y}}
|birth_place = Paysandú, Uruguay
|height = 182cm
|position = Attacking midfielder
|currentclub = Celaya
(on loan Puebla)
|clubnumber = 8
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2021
|youthclubs1 = Defensor Sporting
|youthyears2 =
|youthclubs2 =
|years1 = 2021–2023
|clubs1 = Defensor Sporting
|caps1 = 61
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2023–
|clubs2 = Puebla
|caps2 = 12
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2024–
|clubs3 = → Celaya (loan)
|caps3 = 32
|goals3 = 1
|club-update = 12 April 2025
|nationalteam-update =
}}
Lucas Paul de los Santos Ruiz Díaz (born 26 July 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mexican club Celaya on loan from Puebla.
Career
Lucas de los Santos played locally in his hometown of Paysandú before arriving in the capital to sign for Defensor Sporting and came through their youth ranks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/amp/ovacion/futbol/lucas-paul-santos-defensor-sporting-cerca-abrochar-llegada-equipo-mls.html|title=Lucas Paul de los Santos está cerca de abrochar su llegada a un equipo de la MLS|website=elpais.com}} He made his first team debut on 5 October, 2021 in the 1-0 defeat of Central Español in the Uruguayan Segunda División.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/10/05/uruguay/segunda-division/central-espanol-fc/defensor-sporting-club/3509519/|title=CENTRAL ESPAÑOL VS. DEFENSOR SPORTING 1 - 0|website=Soccerway}} Following their promotion in the 2021 promotion play offs, de los Santos made his debut in the Uruguayan Primera Division on 5 February, 2022 against Liverpool at the Estadio Luis Franzini.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/amp/ovacion/futbol/debuta-defensor-sporting-taponazo-uruguayo-primera.html|title=Debuta Defensor Sporting y es un taponazo para el Uruguayo de Primera|website=elpais.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/02/05/uruguay/primera-division/defensor-sporting-club/liverpool-futbol-club/3741341/|title=DEFENSOR SPORTING VS LIVERPOOL 0-3|website=Soccerway}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|714336}}
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{{Celaya F.C. squad}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Paysandú
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Uruguayan men's footballers
Category:Defensor Sporting players
Category:Celaya F.C. footballers
Category:Uruguayan Segunda División players
Category:Uruguayan Primera División players
Category:Liga de Expansión MX players
Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
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