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Santiago Denia Sánchez (born 9 March 1974), commonly known as Santi, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a current coach. He appeared in 298 La Liga games over the course of 11 seasons (two goals scored), with Albacete Balompié and Atlético Madrid. He won the 1996 league championship with the latter. ==Club career== Born in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Santi began playing professionally with hometown's Albacete Balompié. He made his La Liga debuts at age 18, and automatically became an undisputed starter in a side that constantly managed to maintain its top flight status. In the 1995 summer Santi signed with Atlético de Madrid, being crowned league and Copa del Rey champion in his first season, in a defensive line which also included club youth graduates Juan Manuel López and Roberto Solozábal. He appeared in 37 league matches during the campaign. Following Atlético's 2000 relegation (he collected a career-worst 17 yellow cards), Santi gradually lost his importance in the team's plans. In 2004–05, after the signing of Pablo Ibáñez – who also came from Albacete – he featured in no games at all during the first half of the season, and was subsequently allowed to leave on loan in January 2005 for his first club.〔(Atlético farewell to Santi ); UEFA.com, 13 January 2005〕 The move was made permanent in June and he retired after two more years, with Albacete now in the second division.〔(Hasta siempre capitán (Farewell captain) ); La Verdad, 17 June 2007 〕 Santi eventually returned to Atlético Madrid in early February 2009, as assistant to newly appointed Abel Resino〔(Santi será el segundo de Abel y Peiró el preparador físico (Santi will be Abel's assistant and Peiró the physio) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 4 February 2009 〕 who had replaced Javier Aguirre. He was a caretaker manager for the game against RCD Mallorca on 24 October, before the appointment of Quique Flores.〔(El 'sueño' de Santi Denia (Santi Denia's 'dream') ); El Mundo, 23 October 2009 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santiago Denia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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