In Puerto Rico, Santiago plays professionally on the BSN with the Vaqueros de Bayamon[?]. He has played in Bayamon since the middle 1990s, helping the team to various national championships and tournament finals. In between 1998 and 1999, he played for the Varese[?] Roosters of the Italian league, and between 2000 and 2001, Santiago played for the NBA's Phoenix Suns in the position of back-up center, becoming the fourth Puerto Rican, after Butch Lee[?], Piculin Ortiz and Ramon Rivas[?] to make it to the NBA. He was released from the Suns after the 2001 campaign was over.
In 2002, Santiago represented Puerto Rico as a member of that country's national basketball team at the Indianapolis World basketball championships[?].
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