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Gonzalo de los Santos
Gonzalo de los Santos da Rosa (born 19 July 1976) is an Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is a coach.
He spent the vast majority of his professional career in Spain, playing nearly 300 official matches for six teams over 11 seasons – 179 in La Liga alone, being crowned champion with Valencia – but started and finished it at the same club, Peñarol.
De los Santos won 33 caps for Uruguay, and represented the nation at the 2002
had made the club so admired on the European circuit. There were also some changes in the team and staff. Rafael Benítez, after helping CD Tenerife to promotion, replaced Héctor Cúper after the latter became the new coach at Internazionale in Italy. Among the playing squad, Gaizka Mendieta, Didier Deschamps, Luis Milla, and Zlatko Zahovič left, while Carlos Marchena, Mista, Curro Torres, Francisco Rufete, Gonzalo de los Santos, and Salva Ballesta all arrived.
From 1999 up until the end of the 2004 season