Rodrigo Daniel Santiago Pintos (born February 17, 1990, in
Montevideo, Uruguay) is a professional
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
player from Uruguay who currently plays for the
New Jersey Alliance.
Raised in
Rockaway, New Jersey
Rockaway is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,598, an increase of 160 (+2.5%) from the 2010 census count of 6,438, which in turn reflected a decl ...
, Santiago played prep soccer at
Morris Hills High School.
Career
Club
During his time in the states Santiago played most of his youth club soccer in Parsippany Soccer Club. In early 2009, he joined
New Jersey Rangers and played only a single game in the
USL Premier Development League due to an injury that kept him off the fields for the rest of the season.
Professional
Santiago moved back to Uruguay in July 2009 after 12 years in the United States of America. He joined the u-19 of
Juventud de Las Piedras of the
Uruguayan Primera División
The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, football league in Uruguay organized b ...
, in 2010 he joined new founded
Canadian Soccer Club that was entering the
Uruguayan Segunda División Amateur . In 2013, he helped the club win their first ever championship and promotion to the professional
Uruguayan Segunda División
The Segunda División Profesional is the second division of professional football in Uruguay, established in 1942. The league is sometimes referred to as ''Primera B''. In 1942, the Segunda División was established to replace the amateur Uruguaya ...
. Santiago also scored the first official goal in the history of the club
Canadian Soccer Club from Uruguay. "Lolo" signed his first professional contract in October 2013 on a one-year agreement with the club. In August 2014 he returned to the United States and signed with professional club team
Icon FC of the American Soccer League (ASL) on a one-year deal agreement as well .
Former Parsippany SC Revolution players will also be signing with ICON FC
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References
External links
NISA Nation stats
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1990 births
Living people
Morris Hills High School alumni
Uruguayan men's footballers
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
USL League Two players
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from Montevideo
Men's association football midfielders
Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Canadian Soccer Club players
Juventud de Las Piedras players
Montclair State Red Hawks athletes
College men's soccer players in the United States
Soccer players from Morris County, New Jersey
People from Rockaway, New Jersey
American Soccer League (2014–2017)
FC Motown players