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Daniel Sotres

Daniel Sotres

Spanish footballer

Daniel 'Dani' Sotres Castañeda (born 21 May 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Gimnástica de Torrelavega.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sotres and the second or maternal family name is Castañeda.
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Club career

Sotres was born in Santiago de Cudeyo, Medio Cudeyo, Cantabria. A product of local Racing de Santander's youth ranks, he made his debut for the first team on 9 April 2012 (one month shy of his 19th birthday), coming off the bench to replace the injured Mario Fernández in a 3–0 La Liga away loss against Málaga CF.[2][3] He was handed his first start three days later, but his team against lost by the same scoreline, at home to RCD Mallorca,[4] being eventually relegated at the season's end.

Sotres was definitely promoted to Racing's main squad for the 2012–13 campaign, going on to feature in 14 Segunda División games – 15 overall – as they again dropped down a level.[5] On 29 January 2014, with the club immerse in a financial crisis, he moved to Recreativo de Huelva but had to wait until March to start playing.[6]

On 29 July 2015, Sotres was loaned back to his first club Racing for one year, with an option to a permanent three-year deal after the expiration of the loan.[7] On 31 August of the following year he signed for another reserve team, Atlético Levante UD also of the third division.[8]

On 10 July 2017, Sotres agreed to a one-year deal at RC Celta de Vigo, being assigned to the B side still in the third tier.[9] On 28 August of the following year, he joined Salamanca CF UDS of the same league.[10]

Sotres returned to the Spanish top flight on 24 July 2020 after signing for Cádiz CF,[11] but was loaned to third-division side CF Rayo Majadahonda on 24 September of that year.[12] In the summer of 2021, he moved to Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa on a two-year contract.[13] After being released by Cultural Leonesa in the summer of 2022, Sotres joined Gimnástica on a free transfer in January 20223.[14]

International career

Sotres won his only cap for Spain at under-21 level on 5 February 2013, replacing Kepa Arrizabalaga at half-time of a 1–1 friendly draw with Belgium.[15]

Career statistics

As of 10 October 2023[16][17][18]
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  1. Appearance(s) in Relegation play-off
  2. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

References

  1. [1]
    "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Spain" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2013. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. [2]
    Malaga breeze to win; ESPN Soccernet, 9 April 2012
  3. [3]
    «Salté al césped y me olvidé de todo» ("I just took the pitch and forgot about everything"); El Diario Montañés, 11 April 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. [4]
    Racing rout secures Mallorca's survivalArchived 2018-03-06 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN Soccernet, 12 April 2012
  5. [5]
    Sólo ocho jugadores con contrato y sin entrenador (Only eight players under contract and no manager); El Diario Montañés, 6 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. [6]
    Dani Sotres cumple dos meses sin jugar por problemas con su ficha (Dani Sotres celebrates two months without playing due to registration problems); El Confidencial, 25 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. [7]
    Dani Sotres vuelve al Racing para reforzar la portería (Dani Sotres returns to Racing to bolster the goal); Racing Santander, 29 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. [8]
    Dani Sotres se incorpora al Atlético Levante UD (Dani Sotres joins Atlético Levante UD); Levante UD, 31 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  9. [9]
    El portero internacional Dani Sotres se incorpora al Celta B (International goalkeeper Dani Sotres joins Celta B); Celta Vigo, 10 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  10. [10]
    Dani Sotres, nuevo refuerzo para la portería del Salamanca CF UDS (Dani Sotres, new addition for the goal of Salamanca CF UDS); CF Salmantino, 28 August 2018 (in Spanish)
  11. [11]
    "Dani Sotres refuerza la portería cadista" [Dani Sotres bolsters Cádiz's goal] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  12. [12]
    "Dani Sotres es cedido al Rayo Majadahonda" [Dani Sotres is loaned to Rayo Majadahonda] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  13. [13]
    "El portero Dani Sotres ficha por la Cultural" [Goalkeeper Dani Sotres signs for Cultural] (in Spanish). Diario de León. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Dani Sotres refuerza la portería de la RS Gimnástica | Real Sociedad Gimnástica de Torrelavega | Web Oficial" (in Spanish). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  15. [15]
    "La nueva Sub-21 se estrena con un duro empate en Bélgica (1–1)" [New Under-21s make debut with hard draw in Belgium (1–1)] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  16. [16]
    Daniel Sotres at Soccerway
  17. [17]
    Dani Sotres at BDFutbol
  18. [18]
    Dani Sotres at Soccerway
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