Santiago Chacón (born 30 May 1992) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as an

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for Italian

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side Gravina.

Career

Huracán Huracán (; ; , "one legged"), often referred to as ''U Kʼux Kaj'', the "Heart of Sky", is a Kʼicheʼ Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in all three attempts at creating humanity. He also caused th ...

gave Chacón his professional debut in

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

on 12 May 2012 versus Patronato, having previously selected him as a substitute for two games in the past season's

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. He remained with Huracán for three seasons and made a total of eight appearances. On 11 September 2014, Chacón joined Ermionida of the Greek

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. Twenty-eight appearances, the last of which came against Episkopi on 14 June, followed during 2014–15 as Ermionida were relegated. August 2015 saw Chacón sign for Uruguay's

Villa Teresa Club Atlético Villa Teresa, is a Uruguayan football and cycling team club based in Montevideo. It was founded in 1941. History In 2011 Villa Teresa achieved promotion from Segunda División Amateur (third level) and returned to the Professi ...

. His first appearance was against

El Tanque Sisley El Tanque Sisley is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 3rd Division. The club were founded in 1955 with the name ''Club Atlético El Tanque'', on December 15, 1981 the club were amalgamated with '' ...

on 19 September. Like with Ermionida, the one campaign spent with Villa Teresa, the 2015–16 Uruguayan Primera División season, ended with relegation. On 30 June 2016, Chacón joined Argentine Primera División side San Martín. Two years later, following just three matches for San Martín, Chacón agreed to join Santamarina of Primera B Nacional. He appeared just once for the club, featuring for the final thirty minutes of a goalless draw with

Arsenal de Sarandí Arsenal Fútbol Club (), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí , or simply Arsenal, is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in Primera Nacional, t ...

on 1 September 2018. He left at the end of the year. In January 2020, Chacón joined Welsh

Cymru North The Cymru North is a regional association football, football league in Wales, covering the northern half of the country. It initially had clubs with semi-professional status. Together with the Cymru South, it forms the second tier of the Welsh fo ...

club

Bangor City Bangor City Football Club () was a Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. Founded in 1876, Bangor City have been founder members of the North Wales Coast League, the Welsh National League, the North Wales Combination, the W ...

. He netted goals against

Corwen Corwen is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. Historically, Corwen was part of the county of Merionethshire. Corwen stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains. The town is situated west of Llang ...

and Conwy Borough. On 24 July 2020, Chacón signed a two-year contract with Sambenedettese of Italy's

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. His first appearance came in a

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first round loss to

Alessandria Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. It is also the largest municipality of the region. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, ...

on 23 September. On 16 September 2021, he moved to FBC Gravina in

. He left the club at the end of the 2022–23 season. In November 2023, Chacón signed with fellow league club

Bitonto Bitonto (; ) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari, in the Italian region of Apulia. It lies to the west of Bari. It is nicknamed the "City of Olives", due to the numerous olive groves surrounding the city. Geography Bitonto lies a ...

.Bitonto, ufficiale Santiago Chacón: il comunicato
seried24.com, 11 November 2023

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chacon, Santiago 1992 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Wales Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Wales Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Football League (Greece) players Uruguayan Primera División players Cymru North players Serie C players Serie D players Club Atlético Huracán footballers A.E. Ermionida F.C. players Villa Teresa players San Martín de San Juan footballers Club y Biblioteca Ramón Santamarina footballers Bangor City F.C. players US Sambenedettese players US Bitonto players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen