Salustiano Santos Pérez

Salustiano Santos Pérez (20 April 1918 – 11 December 1995) was a Spanish footballer who played as a Forward for Sevilla, Valencia, Espanyol, and Real Betis between 1938 and 1946.

Playing career Born on 20 April 1918 in Seville, Santos began his football career at his hometown club Sevilla in 1935, helping the Sevilla amateur team that won the Spanish Amateur Championship in 1936, scoring the opening goal of the final to help his side to a 3–1 win over Real Zaragoza at the Mestalla. He had to wait for the end of the Spanish Civil War to finally make his competitive debut for Sevilla's first team, a La Liga fixture against Racing de Santander on 3 March 1940.

Santos remained loyal to Sevilla for three years, until 1942, when he was signed by Valencia to replace the 32-year-old Guillermo Gorostiza, whose retirement was being expected to happen in a near future, but Gorostiza ended up lasting three more seasons, which severely limited Santos' opportunities, making his competitive debut only on 14 March 1943, in which he missed several clear goals in an eventual 1–2 loss to Castellón.