Baptiste Santamaria

Baptiste Santamaria is a French professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Valencia.

Club career

Santamaria is a youth exponent from Tours. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 18 October 2013 against CA Bastia replacing Bryan Bergougnoux after 88 minutes in a 2–1 away win at the Stade Armand Cesari.
On 25 June 2016, Santamaria joined Ligue 1 side Angers after a transfer fee offer of €400,000 from Angers to Tours had previously been rejected by the latter.
In September 2020, Santamaria moved to Bundesliga club SC Freiburg after protracted negotiations with Angers. German sports magazine kicker reported the transfer fee as "about €10 million", the highest in SC Freiburg's history.
On 17 August 2021, Santamaria transferred to Ligue 1 club Rennes for a reported fee of €14 million.
On 22 January 2025, Santamaria was loaned to Nice for the remainder of the 2024–25 season, with an option to buy.
On 7 August 2025, Santamaria moved to La Liga club Valencia on a 2-year deal.