Deportes Santa Cruz

Club de Deportes Santa Cruz is a football club based in Santa Cruz, Chile. The club currently plays in the Chilean Primera Division B, the second tier of Chilean football. The club was founded on May 25, 1913 as Unión Comercio. In 1983 the club was rechristened Unión Santa Cruz and a second time in 1998 to the current club name.

Deportes Santa Cruz

Full name	Club de Deportes Santa Cruz
Nickname(s)	Santacruzanos
Founded	May 25, 1913
Ground	Estadio Municipal Joaquín Muñoz García Santa Cruz, Chile
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Cristian San Miguel
Manager	Osvaldo Hurtado
League	Primera B
2023	13th
Home colours Away colours

Honours

• Segunda División: 2018
• Tercera División: 1991
• Cuarta División: 2012

Current squad

Current squad of Deportes Santa Cruz as of 18 April 2021 (edit)
Sources: Deportes Santa Cruz Official Web Site

No. Position Player 1 ARG GK Maximiliano Velazco 2 CHI DF Gastón Zúñiga 3 CHI DF Jesús Pino 4 CHI DF Carlos Salomón 5 CHI DF Aníbal Calderón 6 ARG DF Jonathan Schunke 7 CHI MF Nicolás Maturana 8 URU MF Ignacio Lemmo 9 CHI FW David Llanos 10 ARG MF Albano Becica 11 CHI DF Francisco Ayala 12 CHI GK Gonzalo Flores 13 CHI MF Carlos Sepúlveda 14 CHI MF Diego Pezoa 15 ARG FW Muriel Orlando

No. Position Player 16 CHI MF Benjamín Núñez 17 CHI DF Patricio Romero 18 CHI MF Alonso Rodríguez 19 CHI DF Esteban Flores 20 CHI MF Danilo Catalán 21 CHI MF Benjamin Miranda 22 CHI DF Yerson Opazo 23 CHI MF Luciano Gaete 24 CHI DF Diego Álvarez 25 CHI DF Javier Díaz 26 CHI DF Ronald Guzmán 27 CHI FW Pedro Muñoz 28 CHI MF Johan Fuentes 29 CHI FW Patricio Muñoz 30 CHI MF Patricio Echaniz

Manager: Héctor Adomaitis

2021 Summer transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	CHI	Gastón Zúñiga (loan from O'Higgins)
3	DF	CHI	Cristóbal Vergara (from Deportes Temuco)
4	DF	CHI	José Martínez (from Barnechea)
7	FW	CHI	César González (from Magallanes)
9	FW	ARG	Cristian Duma (from Salamanca UDS)
10	FW	CHI	Bryan Taiva (from Deportes Temuco)
11	MF	ARG	Albano Becica (from Rangers)
14	MF	CHI	Diego Pezoa (from Rangers)
16	GK	ARG	Manuel García (from Deportes Recoleta)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	CHI	Ricardo Fuenzalida (from Deportes Melipilla)
18	MF	CHI	Alonso Rodríguez (from Independiente de Cauquenes)
19	DF	CHI	Esteban Flores (from Deportes Puerto Montt)
21	DF	CHI	Joaquín Aros (from Deportes Temuco)
22	FW	CHI	David Henríquez (loan from Universidad Católica)
23	DF	CHI	Sebastián Navarro (from Arturo Prat Hualañé)
26	DF	CHI	Ronald Guzmán (loan from O'Higgins)
33	MF	CHI	Luciano Gaete (from Rangers)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	CHI	Braulio Ávalos (to Fernández Vial)
3	MF	ARG	Mauro Aguirre (released)
5	DF	CHI	Fidel Córdova (to Deportes Colina)
6	MF	ARG	Javier Bayk (loan return to Deportes La Serena)
7	FW	CHI	Diego Huerta (to Deportes Limache)
9	FW	CHI	David Salazar (loan return to O'Higgins)
10	MF	CHI	Ronaldo Abarca (released)
11	FW	COL	Alexander Valencia (loan return to Universidad de Chile)
12	GK	CHI	Matías Olguín (to Deportes Recoleta)
14	MF	CHI	Bryan Rojas (to Deportes Recoleta)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	CHI	Francisco Arenas (to Coquimbo Unido)
17	DF	CHI	Diego Díaz (retired)
18	MF	CHI	Fabián Carmona (to Audax Italiano)
19	DF	CHI	Diego Silva (to Deportes Recoleta)
20	GK	CHI	Ignacio Azúa (to Independiente de Cauquenes)
22	DF	CHI	Benjamín Jerez (loan return to Colo-Colo)
23	MF	CHI	Carlos Cisternas (to Rodelindo Román)
29	FW	ARG	Mauro Siergiejuk (to Sportivo Las Parejas)
30	MF	CHI	Mirko Serrano (to San Marcos)
32	MF	ARG	Nicolás Del Priore (loan return to Independiente)

External links

• (in Spanish) Official site