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| Full name | Jonathan Santana Gehre | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1981-10-19)19 October 1981 (age 44) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | San Telmo | 35 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Almagro | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | San Lorenzo | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Nueva Chicago | 33 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | San Lorenzo | 62 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | River Plate | 24 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | VfL Wolfsburg | 41 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | →San Lorenzo (loan) | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Kayserispor | 35 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Libertad | 15 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Independiente | 15 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Belgrano de Córdoba | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Cerro Porteño | 53 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Sarmiento | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Nacional Asunción | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Sportivo Luqueño | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Sportivo Trinidense | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2016 | Paraguay | 34 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Jonathan Santana Gehre (born 19 October 1981) is an Argentina-born Paraguayan formerfootballmidfielder and current model. He played for theParaguay national team from 2007 to 2016.[2] Santana was a key part of Paraguay's national team whilst under management ofTata Martino, featuring in three major competitions, the2007 Copa América, the2010 FIFA World Cup and the2011 Copa América. Santana missed thefinal of the latter due to a red card in the semi-final against Venezuela. Santana's career ran from 1998 to 2020, playing in Argentina, Germany, Turkey and Paraguay.[2][3] In 2021, Santana retired as a footballer and became a model.[4][5]
Santana's debut was in the 1998–99 season in Argentina's lower leagues, appearing in the squad with Japanese defenderShinji Muraki.[citation needed] He went on to play for a number ofArgentine Primera clubs, includingSan Lorenzo andRiver Plate.
For the 2001–02 season, Santana joined San Lorenzo de Almagro for the2002 Copa Libertadores andCopa Sudamericana tournaments, winning the latter and forming the squad withCameroon midfielderWilliam Tabi.[citation needed] In the 2004–05 season, Santana appeared for San Lorenzo in theCopa Libertadores in the squad withEzequiel Lavezzi.[citation needed]
For the 2005–06 season, Santana joined Argentine River Plate, reaching the quarter-final stages of theCopa Libertadores. Santana formed part of a high-profile team that includedJuan Pablo Carrizo,German Lux,Diego Buonanotte,Marcelo Gallardo,Daniel Montenegro,Oscar Ahumada,Matias Abelairas,Luciano Figueroa,Gaston Fernandez,Gonzalo Higuaín, Colombian strikerRadamel Falcao and future Paraguay national team colleagueJulio Cesar Caceres.[citation needed]
In August 2006, he signed a five-year contract with GermanVfL Wolfsburg. Whilst Santana was at Wolfsburg during the 2006–07 season, he formed part of the team with ParaguayanJulio dos Santos.[citation needed] For his second season at the club, Santana was teammates withEdin Dzeko.[citation needed]
During a loan move to San Lorenzo in the 2008–09 Argentine Primera División season, he joined ParaguayanAureliano Torres in the squad.[citation needed]
Santana returned to Wolfsburg for the 2009–10 season, where the team participated in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.[citation needed]
Following the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Santana joined Turkish Super Lig team Kayserispor, partnering up withMarcelo Zalayeta,Franco Cangele,Ali Bilgin,Önder Turaci,Mehmet Boyraz andJames Troisi in his first season at the club.[citation needed] Santa made 20 league appearances and scored four goals in his first season at the club, which saw Kayserispor finish in sixth position in the Super Lig table.[2] In Santana's second season at the club, he amassed 15 league appearances before being loaned out to Primera División Paraguaya team Libertad for the 2012 season. Prior to his loan move, he was joined at Kayserispor by national team colleagueCristian Riveros.[2][citation needed]
Santana debuted for Cerro Porteño in a 3–1 away victory againstClub 12 de Octubre on 16 February 2014. Santana was substituted onto the field forFidencio Oviedo in the 83rd minute of the match.[6]
In June 2007, Santana received Paraguayan citizenship (his mother is a Paraguayan citizen born inSan Ignacio,Misiones Department and Argentina did not recognize dual citizenship).[7] He played for Paraguay in the2007 Copa América. He was also named in Paraguay's final 23-men squad for the2010 FIFA World Cup. He entered the field during Paraguay's first game, a 1–1 draw withItaly, but suffered an injury during the match. However, as Paraguay's coachGerardo Martino had already made the three available substitutions, Santana had to stay on the field and play injured for the remaining time.[8]
Following his retirement from football in 2021, Santana and his wife modelled for a clothes store at Asunción shopping centrePaseo la Galeria.[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cerro Porteño | 2014 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Career total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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