player · data as of 2026-08-25 11:28 UTC
Santiago Mele
Be the first in the standsGoalkeeperage 286' 0"
Uruguaycurrently Independiente
Uruguaycurrently IndependienteClean sheets
68
429 saves · from our tracked season archive
Career appearances
177
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
2
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Santiago Andrés Mele Castañero is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol club Independiente, on loan from Liga MX club Monterrey and also for the Uruguay national team. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
2 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours2 | ||||
| Categoría Primera A | ×1 | 2023 | Atlético Junior | |
| South American Youth Football Championship | ×1 | 2017 | Uruguay U20 | |
| Individual honours1 | ||||
| Teams of the season · 1 | ||||
| Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Year | 2021 | |||
The Record
season by season · 18 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Saves | Clean sheets | Goals | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 177 | 429 | 68 | 0 | 17 |
| 2026 | CONCACAF Champions Cup | Monterrey | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | CONMEBOL Sudamericana | Atlético Junior | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Col 1 | Atlético Junior | 18 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | Friendlies | Uruguay | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Mex 1 | Monterrey | 17 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | CONMEBOL Libertadores | Atlético Junior | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Col 1 | Atlético Junior | 38 | 131 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | Col Superliga | Atlético Junior | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Friendlies | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Arg 1 | Unión (Santa Fe) | 16 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| ?–now | Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes | — | — |
| ?–now | Peñarol | — | — |
| ?–now | Atlético Junior | — | — |
| ?–now | Ankaraspor | — | — |
| ?–now | C.F. Monterrey | — | — |
| ?–now | Unión de Santa Fe | — | — |
| ?–now | Centro Atlético Fénix | — | — |
The Stands
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