Daniel Sotres

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

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sotres and the second or maternal family name is Castañeda.
Dani Sotres
Personal information
Full name Daniel Sotres Castañeda
Date of birth (1993-05-21) 21 May 1993
Place of birth Santiago de Cudeyo, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Cádiz
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– Cádiz 0 (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 8 March 2020

Club 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 the injured Mario Fernández in a 0–3 La Liga away loss against Málaga CF;[1][2] he was handed his first start three days later, 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 they again dropped down a level.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] On 31 August of the following year he signed for another reserve team, Atlético Levante UD also of the third division.[7]

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.[8] On 28 August of the following year, he joined fellow league team Salamanca CF UDS.[9]

Sotres returned to the Spanish top flight in the summer of 2020, after signing for Cádiz CF.[10]

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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») Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine; El Diario Montañés, 11 April 2012 (in 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 (in Spanish)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. Dani Sotres se incorpora al Atlético Levante UD (Dani Sotres joins Atlético Levante UD); Levante UD, 31 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  8. El portero internacional Dani Sotres se incorpora al Celta B (International goalkeeper Dani Sotres joins Celta B); Celta Vigo, 10 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  9. 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)
  10. "Dani Sotres refuerza la portería cadista" [Dani Sotres bolsters Cádiz's goal] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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