Deportes Santa Cruz

Deportes Santa Cruz
Full name	Club de Deportes Santa Cruz
Nickname(s)	Santacruzanos
Founded	May 25, 1913
Ground	Estadio Municipal Joaquín Muñoz García; Santa Cruz, Chile
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Cristian San Miguel
Manager	Nelson Garrido
League	Primera B
2023	13th
Home colours	Away colours

Club de Deportes Santa Cruz is a football club based in Santa Cruz, Chile. The club currently plays in the Chilean Primera Division B, the second tier of Chilean football. The club was founded on May 25, 1913 as Unión Comercio. In 1983 the club was rechristened Unión Santa Cruz and a second time in 1998 to the current club name.

Coachs

Gustavo Velásquez (1989)
Jorge González (1991)
Víctor Adriazola (1993)
Eugenio Jara (1993-1995)
Guillermo Duarte (1996)
Hernán Godoy (1996-1997)
Eugenio Jara (1997)
Sergio Martínez (1998)
Ítalo Díaz (2007)
Christian Muñoz (2008)
Manuel López (2010)
Francisco Bozán (2011)
Manuel López (2011-2013)
Ítalo Díaz (2013)
Jaime Riveros (2014-2015)
Gustavo Huerta (2016-2017)
Ronnie Radonich (2017)
Osvaldo Hurtado (2017-2022)
Fabián Pacheco (2022)
Héctor Adomaitis (2022)
Fabián Marzuca (2023)
Hernán Peña (2023-2024)
Felipe Núñez (2025)
Nelson Garrido (2025-)

Current squad

Current squad of Deportes Santa Cruz as of 18 April 2025 (edit)
Sources: Deportes Santa Cruz Official Web Site

No.		Position	Player
1	CHI	GK	Diego Carreño
2	CHI	DF	Icker Quiroz
3	CHI	DF	Jesús Pino
4	CHI	DF	Juan José Contreras
5	CHI	DF	Hardy Cavero
6	CHI	DF	Luis Muñoz
7	CHI	MF	Nicolás Rivera
8	CHI	MF	Jaime Carreño
9	PAR	FW	Alcides Valdez
10	CHI	MF	Matías Recabal
11	CHI	MF	Kevin Harbottle
12	CHI	GK	Maximiliano Henríquez
13	CHI	DF	Rodrigo Sandoval
14	CHI	MF	Diego Urzúa
15	CHI	MF	Luis Torres
16	URU	DF	Gianni Rodríguez

No.		Position	Player
17	CHI	MF	Dilan Guzmán
18	ARG	FW	Braian Álvarez
19	ARG	FW	Milton Alegre
20	CHI	FW	Cristian Pardo
21	CHI	MF	Benjamin Miranda
22	CHI	MF	Ignacio Caroca
24	CHI	MF	Martín Maturana
25	CHI	MF	Cristóbal Castillo
26	CHI	DF	Marcelo Cornejo
30	CHI	FW	Cristóbal Moreno
31	CHI	MF	Jonathan Henríquez
36	ARG	GK	Juan Dobboletta
37	CHI	MF	Rubén Leyton
40	CHI	DF	Diego González
41	CHI	MF	Diego Plaza
42	ARG	FW	Martiniano Moreno

Manager: John Armijo

2021 Summer transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	CHI	Gastón Zúñiga (loan from O'Higgins)
3	DF	CHI	Cristóbal Vergara (from Deportes Temuco)
4	DF	CHI	José Martínez (from Barnechea)
7	FW	CHI	César González (from Magallanes)
9	FW	ARG	Cristian Duma (from Salamanca UDS)
10	FW	CHI	Bryan Taiva (from Deportes Temuco)
11	MF	ARG	Albano Becica (from Rangers)
14	MF	CHI	Diego Pezoa (from Rangers)
16	GK	ARG	Manuel García (from Deportes Recoleta)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	CHI	Ricardo Fuenzalida (from Deportes Melipilla)
18	MF	CHI	Alonso Rodríguez (from Independiente de Cauquenes)
19	DF	CHI	Esteban Flores (from Deportes Puerto Montt)
21	DF	CHI	Joaquín Aros (from Deportes Temuco)
22	FW	CHI	David Henríquez (loan from Universidad Católica)
23	DF	CHI	Sebastián Navarro (from Arturo Prat Hualañé)
26	DF	CHI	Ronald Guzmán (loan from O'Higgins)
33	MF	CHI	Luciano Gaete (from Rangers)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	CHI	Braulio Ávalos (to Fernández Vial)
3	MF	ARG	Mauro Aguirre (released)
5	DF	CHI	Fidel Córdova (to Deportes Colina)
6	MF	ARG	Javier Bayk (loan return to Deportes La Serena)
7	FW	CHI	Diego Huerta (to Deportes Limache)
9	FW	CHI	David Salazar (loan return to O'Higgins)
10	MF	CHI	Ronaldo Abarca (released)
11	FW	COL	Alexander Valencia (loan return to Universidad de Chile)
12	GK	CHI	Matías Olguín (to Deportes Recoleta)
14	MF	CHI	Bryan Rojas (to Deportes Recoleta)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	CHI	Francisco Arenas (to Coquimbo Unido)
17	DF	CHI	Diego Díaz (retired)
18	MF	CHI	Fabián Carmona (to Audax Italiano)
19	DF	CHI	Diego Silva (to Deportes Recoleta)
20	GK	CHI	Ignacio Azúa (to Independiente de Cauquenes)
22	DF	CHI	Benjamín Jerez (loan return to Colo-Colo)
23	MF	CHI	Carlos Cisternas (to Rodelindo Román)
29	FW	ARG	Mauro Siergiejuk (to Sportivo Las Parejas)
30	MF	CHI	Mirko Serrano (to San Marcos)
32	MF	ARG	Nicolás Del Priore (loan return to Independiente)

References

External links

(in Spanish) Official website

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