Aridane Jesús Santana Cabrera (born 31 March 1987), known simply as Aridane, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career Born in Vecindario, Province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Aridane finished his youth career with Deportivo de La Coruña, making his senior debut with the B team in the Tercera División. He achieved promotion to Segunda División B in 2007, being relegated two years later.
In the following years, Aridane did not settle with any team, representing Deportivo Aragón in the fourth tier and Universidad de Las Palmas CF and CD Leganés in the third. In January 2012, he signed with CD Tenerife in the latter league,Aridane: "El Tenerife es un club grande" (Aridane: "Tenerife is a big club") ; Tenerife Deportivo, 4 January 2012 (in Spanish) scoring 25 goals in 37 games in his second season (adding two from three appearances in the play-offs) to help the club return to the Segunda División after two years out.El Alavés aguanta con nueve y queda campeón de Segunda B (Alavés hold on with nine and are Segunda B champions); As, 16 June 2013 (in Spanish)
Aridane played his first professional match on 1 September 2013, featuring the last 27 minutes of a 2–0 away loss to CD Mirandés.El Mirandés quiso y pudo (Mirandés wanted it and got it); Marca, 1 September 2013 (in Spanish) He scored his first goal seven days later, in a 2–2 home draw against FC Barcelona Atlètic.Un entusiasta Tenerife no pudo pasar del empate ante el Barça B (Enthusiastic Tenerife could not earn more than a draw against Barça B); Marca, 8 September 2013 (in Spanish)
On 6 July 2015, aged 28, Aridane terminated his contract with Tenerife and moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a two-year deal with Bangkok Glass F.C. in Thailand.สื่อกระทิงโหมหนัก!บีจีปิดดีลหอกยักษ์สเปน (Bangkok Glass sign forward from Spanish giants); Goal, 6 July 2015 (in Thai) On 1 February of the following year he returned to his home country, signing a short-term deal with CD Mirandés in the second division.Aridane Santana, nuevo jugador del C.D. Mirandés (Aridane Santana, new player of C.D. Mirandés); CD Mirandés, 1 February 2016 (in Spanish)
On 3 August 2016, Aridane joined Albacete Balompié, recently relegated to the third tier.Aridane Santana nuevo jugador del Alba (Aridane Santana new player of Alba) ; Albacete Balompié, 3 August 2016 (in Spanish) In his first season in Castilla-La Mancha, he contributed 17 goals in 42 matches as his team were promoted as champions, including the extra time winner in the play-off semi-final against CD Atlético Baleares.
Aridane competed in the Indian Super League from 2019 to 2021, representing Odisha FC and Hyderabad FC.
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