Daniel Sotres

Dani Sotres

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Sotres Castañeda
Date of birth	21 May 1993
Place of birth	Santiago de Cudeyo, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Racing Santander
Youth career
	Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2011–2012	Racing B	24	(0)
2012–2014	Racing Santander	24	(0)
2014–2015	Recreativo	27	(0)
2015–	Racing Santander	12	(0)
National team
2012	Spain U19	3	(0)
2013	Spain U20	8	(0)
2013	Spain U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2016. † Appearances (goals)

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

Football career

Sotres was born in Santiago de 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 injured Mario Fernández in a 0–3 La Liga away loss against Málaga CF;^[1][2] three days later he was handed his first start, but his team against lost by the same scoreline, at home to RCD Mallorca,^[3] 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 the club again dropped down a level.^[4]

References

1. Malaga breeze to win; ESPN Soccernet, 9 April 2012
2. «Salté al césped y me olvidé de todo» («I just took the pitch and forgot about everything»); El Diario Montañés, 11 April 2012 (Spanish)
3. Racing rout secures Mallorca's survival; ESPN Soccernet, 12 April 2012
4. Sólo ocho jugadores con contrato y sin entrenador (Only eight players under contract and no manager); El Diario Montañés, 6 July 2013 (Spanish)

External links

• Dani Sotres profile at BDFutbol
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Dani Sotres – FIFA competition record
• Dani Sotres profile at Soccerway