Anderson Santamaría

Anderson Santamaría Bardales (born 10 January 1992) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a Centre-back for club Universitario de Deportes and the Peru national team.^[3]

Anderson Santamaría

Personal information
Full name	Anderson Santamaría Bardales[1]
Date of birth	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth	Tingo María, Peru[1]
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Universitario de Deportes
Number	4
Youth career
	Deportivo Municipal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Ayacucho	57	(2)
2013–2015	León de Huánuco	74	(13)
2016–2017	Melgar	66	(3)
2018	Puebla	17	(0)
2019–2024	Atlas	131	(4)
2024–2025	Santos Laguna	23	(1)
2025-	Universitario de Deportes	4	(1)
International career‡
2017–	Peru	34	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Peru Copa América Runner-up 2019 Brazil
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:37, 18 July 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:43, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Santamaría made his debut for Ayacucho in the later stages of the 2010 season, in a 2–0 win against José Gálvez.^[4] On 2 January 2013, he joined León de Huánuco signing a two-year contract.^[5] On 5 January 2015, he renewed his contract signing a one-year extension.^[6] In December 2015, he joined the 2015 Primera División champion, Melgar.^[7] On 20 December 2017, he announced that he was leaving Melgar^[8] and joining Liga MX club Puebla, for a $500K fee.^[9]

Santamaría joined Liga MX side Puebla on 20 December 2017.^[10] He made his debut on 17 January 2018 in a 3–1 win against Cruz Azul in Copa MX,^[11] where he had multiple defensive interventions that garnered the fans' plaudits.^[12] On 12 December 2018, he joined Atlas on loan.^[13] Later in the year, on 18 July, he permanently joined the Guadalajara club.^[14] On 12 November 2021 he renewed his contract until 2025.^[15] A month later, on 13 December, he helped Atlas win the Apertura 2021, their first title in over 70 years, be beating León 4–3 on penalties after a 3–3 draw.^[16] On 30 May 2022, he helped Altas win Clausura 2022.^[17]

International career

In May 2018, he was named in Peru's provisional 24 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 July 2025^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ayacucho	2010	Peruvian Primera División	5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
	2011		21	0	0	0	—		—		21	0
	2012		31	2	0	0	2[a]	0	—		33	2
	Total		57	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	59	2
León de Huánuco	2013	Peruvian Primera División	23	0	0	0	—		—		23	0
	2014		24	2	11	2	—		—		35	4
	2015		27	11	8	2	2[a]	0	—		37	13
	Total		74	13	19	4	2	0	0	0	95	17
Melgar	2016	Peruvian Primera División	36	2	0	0	4[b]	0	—		40	2
	2017		30	1	0	0	4[b]	0	—		34	1
	Total		66	3	0	0	8	0	0	0	74	3
Puebla	2017–18	Liga MX	11	0	2	0	—		—		13	0
	2018–19		6	0	1	0	—		—		7	0
	Total		17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Atlas	2018–19	Liga MX	15	2	2	0	—		—		17	2
	2019–20		9	0	2	0	—		—		11	0
	2020–21		20	1	0	0	—		—		20	1
	2021–22		42	1	0	0	—		1[c]	0	43	1
	2022–23		26	0	0	0	4[d]	0	—		30	0
	2023–24		19	0	0	0	3[e]	0	—		22	0
	Total		131	4	4	0	7	0	1	0	143	4
Santos Laguna	2024–25	Liga MX	23	1	0	0	—		2[e]	0	25	1
Universitario	2025	Peruvian Primera División	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
Career total			369	23	26	4	19	0	3	0	417	27

1. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
3. Appearance in Campeón de Campeones
4. Appearances in Campeones Cup and CONCACAF Champions Cup
5. Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

As of 10 September 2024^[19]

Peru
Year	Apps	Goals
2017	2	0
2018	10	0
2019	5	0
2020	1	0
2021	6	0
2022	1	0
2023	5	0
2024	4	0
Total	34	0

Honours

Atlas

• Liga MX: Apertura 2021, Clausura 2022
• Campeón de Campeones: 2022

Individual

• Liga MX Best XI: Apertura 2021