Juan Manuel San Martín Da Costa (born 20 January 1994) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as a forward for Portuguese club Real SC.

Club career

Born in

Rivera Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a street away from it, at the north end of Route 5. Together, they form an urban area of aro ...

, San Martín is a product of

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youth system, joining them in 2009, at age 15. Two years later, reports in the press informed that he,

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and Elbio Álvarez were joining

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but the deal was only finalised in 2012. The transfer fee was a reported for €2.9 million by some sources, and €2.4 million by others. In 2013, he was loaned to Farense, playing 11 league matches, without scoring. He returned to Benfica the following season, being loaned to

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in September 2014. In this team, he appeared in 8 games and scored 3 goals. At the end of the loan, he returned to Benfica B.

International career

San Martín was part of the squad of the Uruguay U-17 that took part in the 2011 South American U17 in Ecuador and in the

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, playing five matches and scoring once.

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