Santi Franco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Santiago Franco de la Torre | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | San Vicente de la Barquera, Spain | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Racing B | ||
| Youth career | |||
| La Folía | |||
| Gimnástica Torrelavega | |||
| Textil Escudo | |||
| 2022–2023 | CIA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Barquereño | 21 | (5) |
| 2023–2024 | Huesca B | 28 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Barquereño | 25 | (18) |
| 2025– | Racing B | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Racing Santander | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 September 2025 | |||
Santiago "Santi" Franco de la Torre (born 18 April 2004) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Rayo Cantabria.
Career
Born in San Vicente de la Barquera, Cantabria, Franco began his career with futsal side CD La Folía FS, and subsequently played for the youth categories of Gimnástica de Torrelavega and SD Textil Escudo before joining Regional Preferente side CD Barquereño in 2021. After making his senior debut for the latter side, he returned to youth setup in the following year after signing for Club Internacional de la Amistad.
On 2 August 2023, Franco moved to SD Huesca and was assigned to the reserves in Tercera Federación.[1] On 30 July of the following year, he returned to Barquereño, with the club now also in the fifth division.[2]
In May 2025, after being the top scorer of their group in the season with 18 goals, Franco went on a trial at Racing de Santander's B-team,[3] and subsequently signed a two-year contract with the club. He made his professional debut on 30 August, coming on as a late substitute for fellow youth graduate Jorge Salinas in a 4–1 Segunda División home routing of AD Ceuta FC.[4]
References
- ^ "Tres jugadores de ataque para la SD Huesca B" [Three offensive players for SD Huesca B] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "‼️‼️FICHAJE‼️‼️ | 🔝Seguimos formando la plantilla en el nuevo proyecto de Tercera RFEF y lo hacemos recuperando un jugador formado en nuestra cantera,que la Temporada pasada militó en el Huesca "B". | 💯Bienvenido y mucha suerte Santi☘️" [‼️‼️SIGNING‼️‼️ | 🔝We are shaping up the squad in the new Tercera RFEF project and we make it by bringing back a player groomed in our youth setup, who was at Huesca "B" last season. | 💯Welcome and best of luck Santi☘️]. CD Barquereño (in Spanish). Facebook. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Casting en el filial del Racing" [Casting at Racing's reserve team] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Santi Franco, de un recién ascendido de Regional Preferente al fútbol profesional" [Santi Franco, from a newly-promoted team from the Regional Preferente to professional football] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
External links
- Santi Franco at BDFutbol
- Santi Franco at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Santi Franco at Soccerway