_(cropped)_2.jpg) Canales withReal Sociedad in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sergio Canales Madrazo[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (age 34)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santander, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Monterrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2001 | CD San Agustín | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Racing Santander | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Racing B | 28 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Racing Santander | 32 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Real Madrid | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | →Valencia (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Valencia | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Real Sociedad | 135 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Betis | 164 | (30) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Monterrey | 87 | (39) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Spain U16 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Spain U17 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Spain U18 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Spain U19 | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Spain U20 | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Spain U21 | 10 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Spain | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:19, 8 February 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sergio Canales Madrazo (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈseɾxjokaˈnalesmaˈðɾaθo]; born 16 February 1991) is a Spanish professionalfootballer who plays as anattacking midfielder forLiga MX clubMonterrey.
After starting out atRacing de Santander, he signed as a 19-year-old withReal Madrid for €4.5 million, but failed to reproduce his form at the latter club and left after only one season. He went on to represent, always inLa Liga,Valencia,Real Sociedad andBetis, totalling 384 games and 49 goals across 15 seasons and winning theCopa del Rey once with Real Madrid and Betis.
Canales earned 39caps forSpain at youth level, winning the2013 European Championship with theunder-21 team. He made his debut for thesenior squad in 2019.
Born inSantander,Cantabria, Canales was a product of hometownRacing de Santander's youth ranks. In 2006, 50% of his playing rights were bought byDeportivo de La Coruña as part of the deal that sawPedro Munitis return to Racing withDudu Aouate andAntonio Tomás moving in the opposite direction.[2]
Canales made his first-team debut on 18 September 2008, playing in aUEFA Cup home tie againstFC Honka ofFinland, a1–0 win.[3] Roughly two weeks later he first appeared inLa Liga, with the same result happening atCA Osasuna.[4]
Having gradually received more playing time with the main squad, Canales scored twice againstRCD Espanyol in a 4–0 away win on 6 December 2009,[5] and repeated the feat atSevilla FC on 9 January 2010 (2–1 at theRamón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium), receivingPlayer of the match honors in the latter game.[6] The following week, as Racing drew at home toReal Valladolid 1–1, he also found the net,[7] and eventually finished hisfirst full season with six goals and fourassists to help his team narrowly avoid relegation.[8]
On 12 February 2010,Real Madrid announced the signing of Canales on a six-year deal for a fee believed to be around€4.5 million plus incentives.[9][10] He made his debut on 4 August, scoring a goal in a 3–2friendly win overClub América.[11] His firstleague appearance came on 29 August, in a 0–0 draw againstRCD Mallorca.[12]
Canales totalled 518 minutes of action in hisonly year with the club, which included three appearances inthe victorious run in theCopa del Rey.[13]
On 4 August 2011, Valencia announced Canales would join the club on a two-year loan. After that time, they retained the option of purchasing the player whilst Real Madrid had the possibility of recalling him during that timeframe.[14]
Canales scored his first goal for his new side on 1 October, the game's only in a home fixture againstGranada CF.[15] Late into the month, he had to be stretchered off during a league home match againstAthletic Bilbao and, the following day, he was diagnosed with a torncruciate ligament, being sidelined for six months.[16]
On 26 April 2012, in only his fifth appearance since returning, againstAtlético Madrid in theEuropa League semi-finals' second leg, Canales relapsed from his injury early into the second half of an eventual 0–1 home loss (5–2 aggregate defeat), going on to miss a further six months of action.[17][18]
On 19 July 2012, Canales moved permanently to Valencia for €7.5 million and five years, alongside Madrid teammateFernando Gago. The latter also reserved an option to buy back the player during the next two seasons.[19]
Canales was deemed surplus to requirements after the arrival of new Valencia coachJuan Antonio Pizzi, in December 2013.[20][21] In late January of the following year, he signed for four and a half years and €3.5 million with fellow top-division sideReal Sociedad.[22][23][24]
Canales scored four goals from 36 appearances in hisfirst full season, as theTxuriurdin finished in 12th position. On 30 December 2015, however, during the first half of a match at former club Real Madrid, he suffered another serious knee injury, now in the left leg.[25]
On 24 May 2018, Real Sociedad confirmed that Canales would be leaving theAnoeta Stadium on 30 June.[26]
On 3 July 2018,free agent Canales signed a four-year contract withReal Betis.[27] In the2020–21 campaign, he scored a career-best eight goals.[28]
Canales moved abroad for the first time in July 2023, with the 32-year-old agreeing to a three-year deal atLiga MX clubC.F. Monterrey.[29][30][31] On 3 September, he scored twice in the 2–1 away win overC.D. Guadalajara.[32]
In2008, Canales helpedSpain's under-17 team win theUEFA European Championship inTurkey.[33] At age 19 he made hisunder-21 debut,[34] scoring twice in his first two games.[35][36]
Subsequently, Canales was named inthe squad for the2009 European Under-19 Championship. The following year, in the same category, he represented the nation at theEuropean Championships, reaching the final and scoring one goal in the semi-finals, a 3–1 win overEngland.[37]
Canales was selected to the2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup inColombia, playing four out of five games for thenational team (three starts) in an eventualpenalty shootout quarter-final exit.[38] He featured regularly in the2013 European Championship Under-21 qualification where he netted three times, including a brace againstGeorgia; despite missing the playoff game withDenmark he was named in the squad forthe finals inIsrael,[39] but withdrew from the tournament after picking an injury in the first group match againstRussia[40]–Spain went on to win the trophy.[41]
On 15 March 2019, Canales was called up byfull side managerLuis Enrique for twoUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches againstNorway andMalta.[42] He made his debut eight days later, as a 74th-minute substitute forDani Ceballos in the 2–1 victory over the former inValencia.[43]
Canales scored his first goal on 11 November 2020, opening the 1–1 friendly draw with theNetherlands inAmsterdam.[44]
Canales' second cousin,Borja Docal, was also a footballer.[45]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Racing Santander | 2008–09 | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 31 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 7 | |||
| Real Madrid | 2010–11 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| Valencia (loan) | 2011–12 | La Liga | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |
| Valencia | 2012–13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[b] | 2 | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| Valencia total | 43 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | — | 58 | 5 | |||
| Real Sociedad | 2013–14 | La Liga | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | — | 43 | 5 | |||
| 2015–16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7[b] | 0 | — | 45 | 5 | |||
| Total | 135 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 161 | 13 | |||
| Betis | 2018–19 | La Liga | 32 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6[b] | 1 | — | 46 | 9 | |
| 2019–20 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 6 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 34 | 10 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8[b] | 1 | — | 48 | 8 | |||
| 2022–23 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8[b] | 2 | 1[e] | 0 | 42 | 6 | ||
| Total | 164 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 39 | ||
| Monterrey | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 25 | 11 | — | 7[f] | 0 | 5[g] | 2 | 37 | 13 | |
| 2024–25 | 39 | 17 | — | 3[f] | 1 | 4[h] | 0 | 46 | 18 | |||
| 2025–26 | 23 | 11 | — | 1[f] | 0 | 3[g] | 2 | 27 | 13 | |||
| Total | 87 | 39 | — | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 110 | 44 | |||
| Career total | 471 | 88 | 48 | 8 | 58 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 590 | 108 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 November 2020 | Johan Cruyff Arena,Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6 |  Netherlands | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
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