Dani Sotres

Daniel 'Dani' Sotres Castaneda (born 21 May 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa as a goalkeeper.

Club Career

Sotres was born in Santiago de Cudeyo, Medio Cudeyo, Cantabria. A product of local Racing de Santander's youth ranks, he made his debut for the first team on 9 April 2012 (one month shy of his 19th birthday), coming off the bench to replace the injured Mario Fernandez in a 3–0 La Liga away loss against Malaga CF. He was handed his first start three days later, but his team against lost by the same scoreline, at home to RCD Mallorca, being eventually relegated at the season's end.

Sotres was definitely promoted to Racing's main squad for the 2012–13 campaign, going on to feature in 14 Segunda Division games – 15 overall – as they again dropped down a level. On 29 January 2014, with the club immerse in a financial crisis, he moved to Recreativo de Huelva but had to wait until March to start playing.

On 29 July 2015, Sotres was loaned back to his first club Racing for one year, with an option to a permanent three-year deal after the expiration of the loan.