Nelson Santana
Nelson Santana
Born: December 28, 1978
Bogota, Colombia
Position: M,D
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 170
Career: 2006-2024
Nelson Santana has scored 135 goals and recorded 162 assists in his 373-game career with the California Cougars, Stockton Cougars, Syracuse Silver Knights, Las Vegas Legends, San Diego Sockers, Ontario Fury, Baltimore Blast, Harrisburg Heat and Utica City FC. He began playing during the 2006 season and has taken the field during the 2024 campaign.
![]() California Cougars |
![]() Stockton Cougars |
![]() Syracuse Silver Knights |
![]() Las Vegas Legends |
![]() San Diego Sockers |
![]() Ontario Fury |
![]() Baltimore Blast |
![]() Harrisburg Heat |
![]() Utica City FC |
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Scoring:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | G | A | 2G | 3G | Pts | PIM | PPG | GWG | FC | Y | R | OFF | BL | Shts | S% | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07 | MISL | California Cougars | 24 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 15.9 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | MISL | California Cougars | 26 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 25.6 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | PASL | Stockton Cougars | 14 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 43 | 20.9 | 0 | |
| 2009-10 | PASL | California Cougars | 15 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 70 | 25.7 | 0 | |
| 2010-11 | PASL | California Cougars | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 7.1 | 0 | |
| 2011-12 | MISL | Syracuse Silver Knights | 34 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 87 | 18.4 | 0 | |
| 2012-13 | MISL | Syracuse Silver Knights | 27 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 87 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| 2013-14 | MISL | Syracuse Silver Knights | 19 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 42 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 75 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| 2014-15 | MASL | Syracuse Silver Knights | 20 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 42 | 26.2 | 0 | |
| 2015-16 | MASL | Ontario Fury | 13 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 27.3 | 0 | |
| 2016-17 | MASL | Baltimore Blast | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 | MASL | Baltimore Blast | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 23.8 | 0 | |
| 2018-19 | MASL | Harrisburg Heat | 24 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 32 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| 2019-20 | MASL | Harrisburg Heat | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 33.3 | 0 | |
| 2020-21 | MASL | San Diego Sockers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2021-22 | MASL | Baltimore Blast | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 02:00 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 38.9 | 18 | 38.9 |
| 2022-23 | MASL | Baltimore Blast | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:00 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 13 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| 2023-24 | MASL | Utica City FC | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23:00 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | |
| 2024-25 | MASL | Utica City FC | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6:00 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 373 | 135 | 162 | 50 | 9 | 365 | 271 | 21 | 6 | 602 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 349 | 660 | 20.5 | 19 |
Goalkeeping:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | Min | W | L | GA | 2GA | 3GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | CS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07 | MISL | California Cougars | 3 | 3:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2007-08 | MISL | California Cougars | 7 | 27:00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6.67 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .625 |
| 2009-10 | PASL | California Cougars | 3 | 33:23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .400 |
| 2010-11 | PASL | California Cougars | 9 | 53:24 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13.58 | 20 | 8 | 0 | .400 |
| 2011-12 | MISL | Syracuse Silver Knights | 10 | 21:10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11.43 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| 2012-13 | MISL | Syracuse Silver Knights | 2 | 2:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 | MASL | Syracuse Silver Knights | 2 | 0:48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 141:8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0.00 | 41 | 19 | 0 | .463 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | G | A | 2G | 3G | Pts | PIM | PPG | GWG | FC | Y | R | OFF | BL | Shts | S% | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | PASL | Las Vegas Legends | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2013-14 | MISL | Syracuse Silver Knights | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11.1 | 0 | |
| 2016-17 | MASL | Baltimore Blast | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 | MASL | Baltimore Blast | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 | MASL | San Diego Sockers | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 | MASL | Baltimore Blast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 00:00 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| 2022-23 | MASL | Baltimore Blast | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | |
| 2023-24 | MASL | Utica City FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 25 | 12.0 | 1 |









