Santiago Ilamazares

Central Attacking Midfielder | N/A

Player Details

October 1, 2010

5’8

150 lbs

Right

IDA Valencia

Class of 2029

GPA: 3.2

Get to Know Me

2020-01-01

2021-01-01

2019-01-01

What motivates you to work hard?

A lot of things motivate me to work hard. Mostly for the love of the sport and due to my competitive nature I just naturally want to be the best. Aside from that I also want to be able to do something I love everyday and provide for my family in the future because of it. Providing for family is a big deal to me and if soccer allows me to do something I enjoy while providing for my family, why wouldn’t I want to do it?

If you had one wish to improve your game what would it be?

I would want to ideally improve everything about my game, but if I had to be specific I would want to touch up on my passing off both feet. Something I would want to massively improve on is my speed, stamina, strength, and just every physical aspect of the sport.

What is your biggest fear?

My biggest fear is boredom along with not being good enough. Those two go hand in hand to me because if im not good enough I shouldn’t be bored because that means theres more work to be done. So for me, whenever I feel boredom it feels like I've accepted im not good enough at least when it comes to soccer. Aside from soccer boredom still freaks me out because I feel so empty whenever im truly bored.

What is your super strength?

Personally on the field I think my shoer strength is my instinct. What I mean by this is, that sometimes when I really want to win all excess thought gets filtered out of my brain and I enter a type of flow state. My super strength off the field is probably how friendly I am but still knowing when to be serious. I say this because its good to be a very mellow person in my opinion, but you also need to know when to be serious.

Is your glass half full or empty?

I’d say my glass is half full because in my opinion half empty means that its on its way down. Seeing that im only 14 years old I still have a lot of time to develop on and off the field. This means that my glass will only continue to get filled with the passing time as long as I want it bad enough.

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