Santiago Cañizares
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Cañizares with Valencia in 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Calvo Sotelo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Real Madrid C | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Real Madrid B | 35 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1992 | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | → Elche (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | → Mérida (loan) | 38 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Celta | 74 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Real Madrid | 41 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2008 | Valencia | 305 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 500 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Spain U16 | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Spain U17 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Spain U18 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Spain U19 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Spain U23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2006 | Spain | 46 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse sanˈtjaɣo kaɲiˈθaɾes ˈrwiθ]; born 18 December 1969) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
A product of Real Madrid's youth academies, he eventually joined the first team but proved unable to establish himself there, being loaned out twice. He moved to Valencia in 1998, appearing in 418 official matches over the next decade and winning several major titles, including two La Liga championships and the 2004 UEFA Cup.
Cañizares represented Spain in three World Cups and as many European Championships, and won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 2004, Peter Schmeichel said that he regarded him as the "finest goalkeeper in world football".