Roberto Santamaría (footballer, born 1962)

Roberto Santamaría Calavia (born 12 March 1962), known simply as Roberto, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santamaría and the second or maternal family name is Calavia.
Roberto
Personal information
Full name Roberto Santamaría Calavia
Date of birth (1962-03-12) 12 March 1962
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Osasuna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1985 Osasuna B 86 (0)
1985–1995 Osasuna 272 (0)
1985–1986 → Lleida (loan) 29 (0)
1995–1997 Málaga 33 (0)
Total 420 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Roberto spent 12 professional years at local CA Osasuna, being the team's undisputed starter in eight of those. In the 1986–87 season he contributed 19 games, but the side barely avoided La Liga relegation.

In the 1990–91 campaign, as Osasuna finished a best-ever fourth place in the top division, Roberto played 3,191 minutes in 36 matches. Two years later he did not concede one single goal for 488 minutes, which stood in the club's record books for more than 20 years.[1]

However, the emergence of 19-year-old Javier López Vallejo, also groomed at Osasuna, prompted his exit in 1995 at the age of 33 to Segunda División B side Málaga CF, and he closed out his career after two more seasons. He then returned to his first club, acting as goalkeeper coach for both the first and second teams.[2]

Personal life

Roberto's nephews, Mikel and Roberto Santamaría Ciprián, also became footballers,[3] the latter a goalkeeper who too represented Osasuna and Málaga.[4]

References
  1. Roberto, a por Roberto (Roberto, out to get Roberto); Diario de Navarra, 25 February 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. De Roberto a Santamaría (From Roberto to Santamaría); El Periódico de Aragón, 25 January 2019 (in Spanish)
  3. El sueño de un día de verano para los hermanos Santamaría [The dream of a summer day for the Santamaría brothers]; Borja Bernarte, Diario de Navarra, 11 October 2022 (in Spanish)
  4. Santamaría: "De verdad, lo mío con los penaltis es cuestión de suerte" (Santamaría: "Really, my thing with penalties is a matter of luck"); Marca, 4 November 2008 (in Spanish)
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