Benjamin Santelli (born 16 November 1991) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a winger for

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

club

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, and head o ...

Career

On 28 May 2019, Santelli signed professionally with

side

FC Chambly Football Club Chambly Oise, commonly known as Chambly, is a French professional football club based in Chambly in the Hauts-de-France region. Their home stadium is the Stade Walter-Luzi in the town, and they compete in the Championnat National ...

after years of playing in non-professional teams in his native

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. He made his professional debut with Chambly in a 1–0 league win over

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...

on 26 July 2019, scoring the game-winning goal and the first ever for Chambly in the division. A few days into the season, he sustained a cruciate ligament injury. After one season with Chambly, Santelli returned to former club

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastia (, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a French professional association football, football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Football in France, ...

, newly promoted to

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

. He agreed a two-year contract with the option of a further year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Santelli, Benjamin 1991 births Living people Corsica men's international footballers Footballers from Bastia French men's footballers Men's association football wingers Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players SC Bastia players FC Chambly Oise players CA Bastia players AC Ajaccio players 21st-century French sportsmen