Santiago Bianchi

Santiago Agustín Bianchi Paredes (born September 29, 1983 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer striker recently playing for CA Fénix.

Bianchi started his football career at the youth divisions of Club Atlético Platense. In 2003 he made his official debut in the Argentine Primera with Vélez Sársfield against Estudiantes de La Plata on June 29. At Vélez he struggled to gain a consistent first-team place, and after two years with the club he was loaned to Quilmes, where his frustrations continued making only 4 league appearances for the cerveceros. During 2006 Bianchi had his first international experience with Bolivian club Oriente Petrolero, before returning to Argentina to play on loan for Tiro Federal in the second semester of that year, and later for his developmental team Platense, which he confessed being a loyal fan of. Since his contract with Vélez ended in 2007, he chose to play for Spanish side Pontevedra CF, where he remained for a year. In 2008 he was repatriated to Argentina by Club Atlético Atlanta of the Primera B Metropolitana. In July 2009, Bianchi signed for Ecuatorian team Deportivo Olmedo, thus making his third excursion abroad. In January 2010,Bianchi signed for Aias Salamina F.C.