Santi Cazorla Extends Real Oviedo Contract at Age 40

Santi Cazorla has decided to continue his professional football career — the 40-year-old midfielder has officially extended his contract with Real Oviedo.

The LaLiga promotion club announced a one-year contract extension for the player who made significant contributions to the team’s success this season — Cazorla scored a crucial goal in the promotion playoff victory against Mirandes last month.

Real Oviedo — Cazorla’s hometown club — will return to Spain’s top competition for the first time in 24 years. The former Arsenal and Villarreal player last appeared in LaLiga in 2020, before spending three years in Qatar with Al Sadd.

The player who earned 81 caps with the Spanish national team started his career in Oviedo’s academy — but had to move to Villarreal when the club faced financial crisis, before finally returning in 2023.