Daniel Sotres

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

Daniel 'Dani' Sotres Castañeda (born 21 May 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.

Dani Sotres

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Sotres Castañeda^[1]
Date of birth	(1993-05-21) 21 May 1993 (age 29)^[1]
Place of birth	Santiago de Cudeyo, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Cultural Leonesa
Number	1
Youth career
	Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Racing B	24	(0)
2012–2014	Racing Santander	26	(0)
2014–2016	Recreativo	27	(0)
2015–2016	→ Racing Santander (loan)	12	(0)
2016–2017	Levante B	27	(0)
2017–2018	Celta B	30	(0)
2018–2020	Salamanca	56	(0)
2020–2021	Cádiz	0	(0)
2020–2021	→ Rayo Majadahonda (loan)	24	(0)
2021–	Cultural Leonesa	29	(0)
International career
2012	Spain U19	3	(0)
2013	Spain U20	8	(0)
2013	Spain U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:22, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

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 also in the third tier.^[9] On 28 August of the following year, he joined fellow league team Salamanca CF UDS.^[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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 September 2021^[14][15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Racing Santander	2011–12	La Liga	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2012–13	Segunda División	14	0	1	0	—		15	0
	2013–14	Segunda División B	10	0	3	0	—		13	0
	Total		26	0	4	0	0	0	30	0
Recreativo	2013–14	Segunda División	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2014–15		27	0	1	0	—		28	0
	2016–17	Segunda División B	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		27	0	1	0	0	0	28	0
Racing Santander (loan)	2015–16	Segunda División B	12	0	0	0	—		12	0
	Total Racing		38	0	4	0	0	0	42	0
Levante B	2016–17	Segunda División B	27	0	—		2^[a]	0	29	0
Celta B	2017–18	Segunda División B	30	0	—		4^[b]	0	34	0
Salamanca	2018–19	Segunda División B	29	0	0	0	—		29	0
	2019–20		27	0	0	0	—		27	0
	Total		56	0	0	0	0	0	56	0
Cádiz	2020–21	La Liga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Rayo Majadahonda (loan)	2020–21	Segunda División B	24	0	0	0	—		24	0
Cultural Leonesa	2021–22	Primera División RFEF	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
Career total			205	0	5	0	6	0	216	0

1. Appearance(s) in Relegation play-off
2. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

References

1. (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
2. Malaga breeze to win; ESPN Soccernet, 9 April 2012
3. «Salté al césped y me olvidé de todo» ("I just took the pitch and forgot about everything") 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine; El Diario Montañés, 11 April 2012 (in Spanish)
4. Racing rout secures Mallorca's survival; ESPN Soccernet, 12 April 2012
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. 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. 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. Dani Sotres se incorpora al Atlético Levante UD (Dani Sotres joins Atlético Levante UD); Levante UD, 31 August 2016 (in Spanish)
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. 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. "Dani Sotres refuerza la portería cadista" [Dani Sotres bolsters Cádiz's goal] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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. "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. Dani Sotres at BDFutbol
15. Dani Sotres at Soccerway

External links

• Dani Sotres at BDFutbol
• Dani Sotres at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• – FIFA competition record (archived)