Santiago Simón (born 13 June 2002) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a winger for River Plate.

Club career

Simón started playing football at the age of four at Cooperativa Tortuguitas. He joined River Plate's academy in 2013, following a week-long trial. He spent seven years in their system, notably moving into the reserve squad in February 2020; debuting versus Banfield on 14 February. Nine months later, on 20 November, Simón was promoted into

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's senior squad for a

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match with the aforementioned Banfield. His debut subsequently arrived, with the winger replacing Cristian Ferreira for the final seventeen minutes of a 2–0 away win.

International career

Simón represented Argentina at U17 level. After featuring in an October 2018 friendly against their

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counterparts, Simón was selected by

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for the

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, which they won, and the subsequent

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; appearing a total of five times across both competitions.

Career statistics

Honours

;Argentina U17 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Santiago 2002 births Living people People from José C. Paz Partido Argentine footballers Argentina youth international footballers Association football midfielders Club Atlético River Plate footballers Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province