Oscar Santis

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.

Oscar Santis
Santis in 2024
Personal information
Full name Oscar Alexander Santis Cayax[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-25) 25 March 1999
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024

Club career

C.D. Suchitepéquez

Oscar Santis started his senior career in 2015 with Guatemalan club C.D. Suchitepéquez.[3]

Comunicaciones F.C.

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]

Antigua GFC

Santis signed with Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala club Antigua GFC on 2023.[8]

FC Dinamo Tbilisi

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]

International career

Guatemala Youth Career

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]

Guatemala Senior Career

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]

Personal life

Oscar Santis has a younger brother, Diego Santis, who currently plays for Comunicaciones F.C.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 June 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Suchitepéquez 2015-16 Liga Nacional de Guatemala10000010
2016-17 1000000100
2017-18 1200000120
Total 2300000230
Comunicaciones 2019-20 Liga Nacional de Guatemala20000020
2020-21 351000003510
2021-22 46110010[lower-alpha 1]35614
2022-23 267005[lower-alpha 2]1318
Total 109280015412432
Antigua 2022-23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala1550000155
2023-24 1720000172
Total 3270000327
Dinamo Tbilisi 2024 Erovnuli Liga1820000182
Career Total 182370015419741
  1. Appearance(s) in CONCACAF League
  2. Two appearances and one goal in 2022 CONCACAF League, three appearances in 2022 CONCACAF Champions League

International
As of match played 14 June 2024[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guatemala 202191
2022115
202383
202460
Total349
As of match played 5 June 2024
Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Santis goal.[18]
List of international goals scored by Oscar Santis
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
14 June 2021Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3–010–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification[19]
224 April 2022PayPal Park, San Jose, United States11 El Salvador2–04–0Friendly[20]
33–0
410 June 2022Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic15 Dominican Republic1–11–12022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B[21]
524 September 2022Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States17 Colombia1–41–4Friendly[22]
619 November 2022Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States20 Nicaragua2–03–1Friendly[23]
724 March 2023FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize22 Belize2–02–12022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B[24]
810 September 2023Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala26 Panama1–11–12023-24 CONCACAF Nations League A[25]
913 October 2023Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago27 Trinidad and Tobago2–02–32023-24 CONCACAF Nations League A[26]

Honours

Comunicaciones

Individual

References
  1. Oscar Santis at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. "Oscar Santis". Comunicaciones FC. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. "Óscar Santis". fotmob.com. FOTMOB. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. "Óscar Santis jugará con Comunicaciones". goal.com. Goal. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  5. "Comunicaciones' first SCL title among top SCL moments". concacaf.com. Concacaf. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  6. "Quarter-Finals 1". concacaf.com. Concacaf. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  7. "Comunicaciones' Santis wins 2021 SCL Youth Revelation Award". concacaf. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  8. "Antigua GFC anuncia el fichaje de Óscar Santis". lared1061.com. Lared. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  9. "Dinamo Tbilisi presents Oscar Santis as its new reinforcement". euro.eseuro.com. Euro Es Euro. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  10. "El futbolista guatemalteco fue titular y jugó sus primeros 90 minutos en Georgia". espndeportes.espn.com. ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  11. "Oscar Santis da asistencia en empate del Dinamo Tbilisi en Georgia". espndeportes.espn.com. ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  12. "El delantero guatemalteco marcó el gol del triunfo del FC Dinamo Tbilisi ante el líder de Georgia". espndeportes.espn.com. ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  13. "Guyana thumped 4–0 by Guatemala". Stabroek News. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  14. "Oscar Santis debuta con la Selección de Guatemala ante Nicaragua" [Oscar Santis debuts with the Guatemala national team against Nicaragua]. ESPN Deportes.com (in Spanish). ESPN Inc. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  15. Coronado, Oscar (5 June 2021). "Guatemala cumple su papel de favorita y golea 10–0 a San Vicente y las Granadinas" [Guatemala fulfills its role as favorite and beats Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10–0]. Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  16. "¿SENTIRÁ GUATEMALA LA AUSENCIA DE OSCAR SANTIS?". OneFootball.
  17. "Los Santis del fútbol: 'Lelo' guía a sus hijos, Oscar y Diego, en su expedición por Liga Nacional". espn.co.cr. ESPN. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  18. Oscar Santis at National-Football-Teams.com
  19. "GUATEMALA VS. ST. VINCENT / GRENADINES 10 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  20. "EL SALVADOR VS. GUATEMALA 0 - 4". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  21. "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS. GUATEMALA 1 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  22. "COLOMBIA VS. GUATEMALA 4 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  23. "GUATEMALA VS. NICARAGUA 3 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  24. "BELIZE VS. GUATEMALA 1 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  25. "GUATEMALA VS. PANAMA 1 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  26. "TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO VS. GUATEMALA 3 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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