Héctor Canteros

Héctor Canteros

Personal information
Full name	Héctor Miguel Canteros
Date of birth	15 March 1989
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	Flamengo
Number	20
Youth career
1999–2008	Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–2014	Vélez Sarsfield	79	(3)
2012–2013	→ Villarreal (loan)	12	(2)
2014–	Flamengo	58	(4)
National team^‡
2011–	Argentina	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 24, 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:13, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Héctor Canteros (born 15 March 1989 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Flamengo.^[1]

Early life

Canteros was born and raised in Villa Pirelli, a shanty town of the City of Buenos Aires.^[2] He started playing youth football in Vélez Sársfield at the age of 10.

Career

Vélez Sarsfield

Canteros started his professional career for Vélez Sársfield on 8 February 2009, coming on as a substitute in his team's 0–0 draw with Independiente for the first fixture of the 2009 Clausura.^[3] He played only one more game in that tournament, the 8th fixture against Banfield, that his team went on to win.

During the 2011 Clausura, and due to Leandro Somoza's departure from Vélez, Canteros started playing more regularly for the first team. He scored his first professional goal in a 2–3 defeat to Quilmes.^[4]

In the beginning of 2014 Canteros' name was linked with Flamengo as a possible substitute for Elias, who was returning to Sporting CP as his loan finished. However, Canteros continued to play for Vélez Sarsfield, as Flamengo wanted a loan and the Argentine club was only willing to a permanent move.^[5][6]

Flamengo

On 3 July 3 2014 Flamengo paid a fee of US$2.2 million for Canteros, and the player signed a 3-year contract.^[7] His debut for the new club came on 27 July in a 1–0 derby win against Botafogo at the Maracanã, as he came from the bench and played 27 minutes.^[8] Few days later, on 3 August, Héctor played his first match as a starter against Chapecoense at Arena Condá, which Flamengo lost 0–1.^[9]

Career statistics

(Correct as of January 24, 2016)

Club	Season	Primera División		Copa Argentina		Copa Libertadores		Copa Sudamericana		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vélez Sarsfield
	2009	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
	2010	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	0
	2011	30	2	-	-	7	0	8	1	-	-	37	3
	2012	11	0	-	-	5	0	-	-	-	-	16	0
Total		49	2	0	0	12	0	8	1	0	0	61	3
Club	Season	Segunda División		Copa del Rey		Champions League		Europa League		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Villarreal
	2012-13	12	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	2
Total		12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2
Club	Season	Primera División		Copa Argentina		Copa Libertadores		Copa Sudamericana		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vélez Sarsfield
	2013	17	0	-	-	-	-	6	0	-	-	23	0
	2014	13	1	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	19	3
Total		30	1	0	0	6	2	6	0	0	0	42	3
Club	Season	Brazilian Série A		Copa do Brasil		Copa Libertadores		Copa Sudamericana		State League		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo
	2014	24	2	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	2
	2015	34	2	6	0	-	-	-	-	13	1	53	2
	2016	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
Total		58	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	83	4
Career total		149	9	12	0	18	2	14	1	13	1	174	13

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website^[10] and Flaestatística.^[11]

International appearances and goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Final Score	Goal	Result	Competition
1.	September 14, 2011	Córdoba, Argentina	Brazil	0–0	0	Draw	2011 Superclásico de las Américas.[12][13]
2.	September 28, 2011	Belém, Brazil	Brazil	2–0	0	Lost	2011 Superclásico de las Américas.[12][13]

Honours

Vélez Sársfield

• Argentine Primera División (2): 2009 Clausura, 2011 Clausura
• Supercopa Argentina (1): 2013

External links

• Héctor Canteros at footballzz.co.uk
• footstats.net
• Profile at Vélez Sársfield's official website (Spanish)
• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
• Career statistics at BDFA (Spanish)

References

1. Flamengo Player Profile
2. Maxi Campobassi (2010-07-26). "A los 13, ya jugaba torneos por 2 lucas en las villas". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-12-13.
3. "Closing '09 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
4. "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
5. "Segundo comentarista argentino Héctor Canteros estaria próximo do Flamengo". Flamengo Até Morrer Blog. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
6. "Vélez põe Canteros na Libertadores, e negociação com Fla é paralisada". globoesporte.com. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
7. "Vélez se despede de Canteros, que deve assinar com Flamengo na quarta". globoesporte.com. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
8. "À base da luta, Fla vence o Botafogo na reestreia de Luxa e encerra jejum". globoesporte.com. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
9. "Chapecoense vence na volta à Arena Condá e empurra o Fla para a lanterna". globoesporte.com. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
10. Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
11. Flaestatística Player Profile (in Portuguese)
12. "Brasil y Argentina se enfrentarán en septiembre". FIFA. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
13. "Acreditaciones de prensa para Argentina-Brasil". AFA. Retrieved 29 August 2011.