Jériel Nicolás De Santis Córdova

Recruitment scouts had reasons to expect goals from Jeriel De Santis when Boavista paid Caracas FC around €1m for him in 2020. What followed was a career defined more by loan spells than by a settled run in one shirt, taking him through Spain, Peru and back to Venezuela.

De Santis broke into Caracas FC's first team in 2018 and stayed involved through the following two seasons before his move to Portugal. Boavista then sent him out on loan to FC Cartagena's reserve side for the best part of a year.

His move to Alianza Lima in March 2024, in a deal worth around €250,000, was meant to establish him in South American football. Instead, across 12 appearances in Liga 1 and the Copa Libertadores, he did not score once, managing only two assists. Peruvian media singled him out as the worst-performing forward of that season's Torneo Apertura, and the club let him go that August.

A loan to Spanish side CF Intercity followed, where he scored once and set up another in 11 matches before the arrangement was cut short by mutual agreement in January 2025. He returned briefly to Alianza Lima before rejoining Caracas FC that July.

Another loan move, to FBC Melgar in January 2026, was scheduled to run through to December with a purchase option attached. It did not last that long. Melgar confirmed his departure on 5 June 2026, after a red card against Sport Boys and a loss of form following an injury sustained in the competition's fourth round left him with one goal and one assist from seven appearances across the Peruvian league and the Copa Sudamericana. He returned to Caracas FC once the loan ended.