Franco Matías Di Santo (; born 7 April 1989) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a striker. Di Santo began his career at Chilean club

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, earning a £3.4 million move to Chelsea in 2008 and a first-team place following good form in the reserves. After a season on loan at

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, he moved to

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for £2 million in 2010, where he won the

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in 2013. After totalling 14 goals in 122 Premier League matches, he was released following Wigan's relegation to the Championship in 2013. He then moved to

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in Germany, spending two seasons there, before making a controversial switch to rivals

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. Di Santo has represented the

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on three occasions. He was nicknamed 'Crespito' (Little Crespo) after former Argentinian striker

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(who was nicknamed 'Valdanito', after

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Club career

Audax Italiano

Born in Mendoza,

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, Di Santo began his club career in the Chilean team

. In the 2006–07 season, he scored 26 goals in 76 matches, including one goal in six matches in the

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. Then, in 2007 he scored 12 in 17 matches for the club, including one goal in four matches in the

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. Dubbed the " new Maradona" due to his precocious and prolific performances, on 25 January 2008, Di Santo signed for English

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side Chelsea on a four-and-a-half-year contract for a fee of £3.4 million.

Chelsea

2007–08 season

Di Santo scored on his debut for Chelsea reserves on 11 February 2008, getting a late goal in a 2–2 draw with Fulham reserves and scored his second goal in as many appearances, against Reading reserves on 3 March. On 14 April, he scored his first

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for Chelsea's reserve team against Tottenham Reserves; the most spectacular of the three goals being a volley from a

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cross that found the top right corner. In the last reserve match of the season, Di Santo scored his seventh goal in eight reserve games against

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. He finished the 2007–08 reserve season with 12 reserve goals in eight games.

2008–09 season

Di Santo trained with the first team in 2008–09 pre-season and flew out with the squad on their tour of China. Ahead of their first game on tour, he was handed the number 36 jersey and came off the bench in that game against

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, to score the third goal during a 4–0 victory. He scored his second goal of the pre-season campaign in the 65th minute against the

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in a 7–0 victory after he had replaced

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five minutes before. On 31 August, Di Santo made his first-team debut in the 1–1 home draw with

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, coming on in place of

in the 88th minute of the game. His

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debut came against

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, replacing

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in the 70th minute of a 0–0 draw on 2 October. On 3 January 2009, Di Santo made his

debut in the third round, replacing

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for the last six minutes against

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in a 1–1 draw at

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. Di Santo came on as a substitute for

with half an hour remaining and Chelsea a goal down against

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on 17 January 2009. He assisted a goal in the 88th minute for

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to make it 1–1, and

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then scored a 94th-minute winner. On 30 May, Di Santo was an unused substitute as Chelsea won the 2009 FA Cup Final against Everton. He made 8 substitute appearances during Chelsea's 2008–09

campaign and was afterwards linked with a loan move to

. Di Santo scored his first goal of the 2009 pre-season against

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; he also provided an assist to teammate

a minute later. Chelsea won the game 2–0 to win the

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Loan to Blackburn Rovers

On 3 August 2009, Di Santo joined

on loan until February 2010, with the option of extending the loan by six months to June 2010. He made his debut for Rovers on the opening day of the season, 15 August, replacing Jason Roberts in the 65th minute of a 2–0 home defeat to

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. He made his first start in the next match, away to

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a week later, but was substituted for Nikola Kalinić due to injury after 14 minutes; Blackburn lost 2–1. He recovered from injury after a month, starting a 2–1 home win over

on 26 September in which he won

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's winning late penalty after his shot was handled by

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. On 18 October he scored the only goal of his loan in a 3–2 home win over local rivals

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, also assisting

with a flick. As a result of his good performances, Rovers extended his loan deal by a further six months until June 2010. However, after his extended loan, Di Santo saw less time on the pitch due to his poor goals-to-games ratio and was often used more as a late substitute. He was not selected for Rovers' final squad of the 2009–10 season, against Aston Villa.

Wigan Athletic

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On 31 August 2010, Di Santo signed a three-year contract with

for a transfer fee of £2 million. He made his debut on 11 September, appearing as a 54th-minute substitute for

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in a 1–1 draw against

, in support of his compatriot

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. In the following game, against

, he started for the first time as Wigan lost 2–0 at home. On 23 April 2011, Di Santo replaced

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for the last seven minutes of a 4–2 defeat at Sunderland and scored the last goal of the game in added time. It was his first goal since 18 October 2009. On the opening day of the following Premier League season, Di Santo won a penalty from

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, which teammate Ben Watson converted in the 1–1 draw against

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. On 27 August 2011, the third game of the season, he scored two deflected goals in a 2–0 win against

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and left to a standing ovation from the home crowd when substituted for

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. On 17 September, he scored again at

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against Everton, a deflected effort off

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to take the lead, but eventually Wigan lost 3–1. Di Santo scored his first goal of the 2012–13 season in a 2–0 away win at newly promoted

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on 25 August, opening the scoring in the 51st minute with a finish high into the net from inside the area. He was an unused substitute as Wigan defeated

in the

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, manager

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instead playing

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and

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in attack. On 30 June 2013, Di Santo was released by Wigan.

Werder Bremen

On 14 August 2013, Di Santo signed a three-year contract with

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club

. He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat to

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nine days later, replacing

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in the 67th minute. On 14 September, he was sent off in a 0–3 home defeat against

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for a tackle which resulted in

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needing facial stitches. Two months later, in the last five minutes of a home game against

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, Di Santo assisted

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and then scored his own first Bundesliga goal, but Bremen still lost 2–3. He finished his first season at the club with 4 goals from 23 league appearances. On 1 November 2014, away to Mainz, Di Santo scored two goals (the first a rebounded penalty), as Bremen came from behind to register their first win of the season after 10 games. This brace put him joint top of the Bundesliga scorers, with 6 goals. He scored another two goals on 1 February 2015 to defeat

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Schalke 04

On 25 July 2015, Di Santo joined Bremen's rival

signing a four-year contract, after triggering his release clause, believed to be €6 million. Two days later, Di Santo publicly apologized to Bremen fans for the controversial switch, and Bremen director Thomas Eichin said he was "anything but impressed" by the swiftness of Di Santo's departure. On 8 August, he marked his competitive debut by scoring in a 5–0 win at

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in the first round of the

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. He scored a hat-trick on 1 October, the last of the three being a penalty, in a win by the same score against Asteras Tripoli in the group stage of the

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Rayo Vallecano

On 31 January 2019, Di Santo signed for

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on a free transfer. He made six appearances for the club in the

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season.

Atlético Mineiro

On 6 August 2019, Di Santo joined Brazilian club

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. He left the club in June 2020, having made 33 appearances and scored seven goals.

San Lorenzo

On 10 July 2020, Di Santo completed a move to his homeland with Primera División side

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Independiente Rivadavia

In January 2024, he returned to Argentine football from Universidad Católica to sign for

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side

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. After arriving from Chile with an injury, he only played 52 minutes for Independiente Rivadavia and his contract was mutually terminated on 15 April.

International career

Di Santo made his debut for the Argentina under-20 team in 2006 and scored his first goal in a game against the

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under-20s. He was part of the under-20 squad that participated in the

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, which

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won by a two-point advantage over Argentina. He was also called up to the 2009 South American Youth Championship in Venezuela, but was not allowed to take part due to Chelsea's injury crisis. From 2006 to 2009 Di Santo earned 25 Under-20 caps and five goals. On 31 October 2012, Di Santo was handed a call-up to the Argentina national team squad by manager

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for their upcoming friendly against

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on 14 November 2012. In May 2014, Di Santo was re-called to the Argentina national team, in the 30-man provisional squad for the

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in Brazil. BBC Sport called him a "surprise inclusion". However, later that month, he was one of four players cut from a second provisional 26-man squad.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Chelsea *

: 2008–09 Wigan Athletic *

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References

External links

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