Kevin Oswaldo Santamaría Guzmán (born 11 January 1991) is a Salvadoran professional

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who plays as a

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for FAS and El Salvador national team.

Club career

Santamaría has been switching teams every season from his debut at Estudiantes in 2007 until signing up with UES in 2011. In December 2013 he signed with Guatemalan club Suchitepéquez for one year. After having success at the club he signed with

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on May 25, 2013 on a one-year contract.

Santa Tecla

Santamaría signed with Santa Tecla for the Apertura 2012.

Return to Santa Tecla

Santamaría signed with Santa Tecla F.C. again for the Apertura 2018. He reached the semi-finals of that tournament, after defeating

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3–2 on aggregate.

International career

Santamaría made his senior national team debut in a friendly 2-1 loss versus

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. He was a member of the

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squad and made three appearances in the tournament.

Honours

Club

; Santa Tecla F.C. * Primera División ** Champion (1): Apertura 2018 ;

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** Champion (1):

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* 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from La Libertad Department (El Salvador) Salvadoran men's footballers 21st-century Salvadoran sportsmen Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Alacranes Del Norte footballers A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers C.D. Once Municipal footballers Santa Tecla F.C. footballers C.D. Suchitepéquez players C.S.D. Municipal players Salvadoran Primera División players Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players El Salvador men's international footballers 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala El Salvador men's youth international footballers Deportivo Llacuabamba footballers C.D. Águila footballers Comerciantes Unidos footballers Peruvian Primera División players Peruvian Segunda División players {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub