Santiago Arzamendia

Santiago Arzamendia
Personal information
Full name	Santiago Arzamendia Duarte
Date of birth	5 May 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth	Wanda, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Club information
Current team	Cádiz
Number	19
Youth career
2011–2015	Cerro Porteño
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2021	Cerro Porteño
2021–	Cádiz
National team‡
2020	Paraguay U23
2019–	Paraguay
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2022

Santiago Arzamendia Duarte (born 5 May 1998) is an Argentine-born Paraguayan footballer who plays as a left-back for Spanish club Cádiz CF and the Paraguay national team.

Club career[]

Born to Paraguayan parents in Wanda, in the Argentine province of Misiones, Arzamendia moved to Paraguay at age 13 and joined Cerro Porteño after passing the try outs.^[2] He made his debut as a senior for them during the 2015 campaign.

On 8 July 2021, Arzamendia signed a four-year contract with La Liga side Cádiz CF.^[3]

International career[]

Eligible to play for Argentina or Paraguay, Arzamendia chose the latter in late September 2018.^[2] He made his debut for the Paraguay on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Mexico, as a starter.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Primera" (in Spanish). Cerro Porteño. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Santiago Arzamendia, el futbolista que le dijo que no a la selección argentina y jugará en Paraguay" (in Spanish). La Nación. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ "Santiago Arzamendia, tercer fichaje 21/22" [Santiago Arzamendia, third 21/22 signing] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "Mexico v Paraguay game report". ESPN. 26 March 2019.

External links[]

Santiago Arzamendia at National-Football-Teams.com
Santiago Arzamendia at Soccerway

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[CP-1] "Primera" (in Spanish). Cerro Porteño. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[LN-2] "Santiago Arzamendia, el futbolista que le dijo que no a la selección argentina y jugará en Paraguay" (in Spanish). La Nación. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[3] "Santiago Arzamendia, tercer fichaje 21/22" [Santiago Arzamendia, third 21/22 signing] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

[4] "Mexico v Paraguay game report". ESPN. 26 March 2019.

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