Susito

Susito

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Tenerife

Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santana began his professional career at local CD Tenerife, joining its youth system in 2002. Early on, he was loaned to Tercera División sides Atlético Arona CF and AD Laguna in order to gain experience. Santana played one full season with Tenerife in the Segunda División, but opportunities continued to be limited for him in the main squad and another two loan spells ensued, now with Segunda División B teams CD San Isidro and UD Fuerteventura. With the former, he finished as top scorer in the 2008–09 campaign with nine goals, although they would be relegated due to financial problems.

Hearts

Santana's performances caught the eye of Heart of Midlothian manager Csaba László, who signed him on a free transfer from Tenerife on 30 June 2009. He got off to a good start at Tynecastle Stadium, playing every pre-season game and particularly impressing in friendlies against Bolton Wanderers (where he set up the only goal) and Sunderland, putting in player of the match performances. However, in the Scottish Premier League, Santana's displays were somewhat erratic: during a 2–2 draw with St Johnstone, he was replaced after an alleged spitting incident. He improved from there onwards, again being named man of the match in the side's 1–0 win over Kilmarnock on 15 September 2009. He scored his first goal for the club five days later, opening a 2–1 defeat against Celtic at Celtic Park with a…

Career statistics

As of 19 May 2012

Club
C.D. Tenerife (2004–2009)
Club
CD Laguna de Tenerife (2005–2006)
Club
CD San Isidro (2007–2008)
Club
UD Fuerteventura (2008–2009)
Club
Heart of Midlothian F.C. (2009–2012)
Club
C.D. Tenerife (2012–)

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Description

Spanish footballer born in 1985

Position

wing half

Extract from Wikipedia

Jesús Manuel 'Suso' Santana Abreu is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right winger.

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