Oscar Alexander Santis Cayax (born 25 March 1999) is a Guatemalan professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club

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and the Guatemala national team.

Club career

Suchitepéquez

Oscar Santis started his senior career with

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club Suchitepéquez coming from the youth side. He would make his senior debut on 4 October 2015 in a 3–1 league win against

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at the age of 16.

Comunicaciones

Oscar Santis signed with

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on 2019. During the

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, Santis was a member of the

squad that ultimately won the tournament. Santis had 10 appearances and three goals in the tournament, which were scored in a hat-trick against

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in the first leg of the quarter-finals. He was named the best young player of the tournament.

Antigua

Santis signed with

club

on 2022, at the end of the 2022–23 Apertura season from Comunicaciones. Santis tallied 32 goals in 124 appearances across all competitions, winning the 2021 CONCACAF League and Liga Nacional de Guatemala 2021–22 Clausura with Comunicaciones.

Dinamo Tbilisi

2024: Debut season

In January 2024, Oscar Santis signed with

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’s

club

on a two year contract with a possibility of extension. On 2 March 2024, Santis made his

debut for

resulting in a win. On 3 April 2024, Santis made his first contribution to a goal in Europe, assisting teammate Vakhtang Salia in a 2–2 league draw against Dila Gori. Santis would score his first European goal against

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on 10 May 2024, in which the match resulted in a 1–0 win at home. On 11 July 2024, Oscar Santis would participate with Dinamo Tbilisi in a

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match against

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, becoming the third Guatemalan to participate in a

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tournament. He played the entire match and recorded an assist in a 2–1 defeat. He would finish his 2024 season with 32 appearances and 3 goals across all competitions.

2025: Loan to Antigua

On 26 December 2024,

and Oscar Santis announced that he will be joining the team once again on loan for the 2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala Clausura. On 1 February 2025, after a 0–0 draw against Marquense, a video of Santis shouting racist insults towards the fans went viral on social media. He later apologized for the incident.

International career

Guatemala youth career

Santis debuted internationally on his youth team with the Guatemala U-20 team on 2 November 2018, and scored his first goal for the team against

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in the

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in a 4–0 victory.

Guatemala senior career

On 24 February 2021, he made his senior debut in a friendly match against

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in a 1–0 victory. On 4 June 2021, at the 2022 World Cup qualifying match against

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, Santis scored his first senior goal for Guatemala in a 10–0 victory. Oscar Santis was not selected for Guatemala's

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squad due to an injury. On 6 June 2025, Santis had four goal contributions in a 4-2 win against

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in the

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. He recorded an assist and scored a

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that would earn him man of the match.

Personal life

Oscar Santis has a younger brother, Diego Santis, who currently plays for Liga Nacional club

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Santis goal.''

Honours

Suchitepéquez *

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: 2016 Clausura Comunicaciones *

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*Liga Nacional de Guatemala: 2022 Clausura Dinamo Tbilisi *

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runner-up:

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* Georgian Super Cup runner-up:

Antigua *Liga Nacional de Guatemala: 2025 Clausura Individual *

Best Young Player:

Notes

References

External links

Profile
at the Dinamo Tbilisi website {{DEFAULTSORT:Santis, Oscar 1999 births Footballers from Guatemala City Living people Guatemalan men's footballers 21st-century Guatemalan sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Guatemala men's under-20 international footballers Guatemala men's international footballers C.D. Suchitepéquez players Comunicaciones F.C. players Antigua GFC players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players Erovnuli Liga players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Guatemalan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Guatemalan expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country)