Santiago Salcedo

Santiago Salcedo
Personal information
Full name Santiago Gabriel Salcedo González
Date of birth (1981-09-06) 6 September 1981
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Centre forward
Club information
Current team
Libertad
Number TBA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Cerro Porteño 61 (22)
2003–2004Ankaragücü (loan) 8 (1)
2005–2006 FC Tokyo 18 (6)
2006–2009 Newell's Old Boys 74 (18)
2007Chiapas (loan) 17 (0)
2008River Plate (loan) 16 (2)
2009–2012 Lanús 45 (14)
2011Argentinos Juniors (loan) 27 (11)
2012–2016 Cerro Porteño 48 (17)
2013–2014Banfield (loan) 58 (23)
2015Sol de América (loan) 43 (30)
2016– Libertad 0 (0)
National team
2003–2014 Paraguay 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2015.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Salcedo and the second or maternal family name is González.

Santiago Gabriel Salcedo González, nicknamed "Sa-Sa", (born 6 September 1981) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Club Libertad in Primera División Paraguaya.[1]

Salcedo ranked number 10 in a list of the most expensive players in Paraguayan football for 2015 published by Diario Extra.[2]

Career

Salcedo was the top scorer of the 2005 Copa Libertadores playing for Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño. He scored nine goals in the competition. The striker then played for FC Tokyo of Japan, but was loaned in the second half of 2006 to Newell's Old Boys of Argentina, after having problems with his coach Alexandre Gallo at FC Tokyo. Salcedo was then loaned to Mexican side Chiapas for the 2007 Clausura, but returned to Newell's Old Boys for the start of the 2007–08 season. After scoring nine goals during the 2008 Clausura (including the winning goal against Rosario Central in the Rosario derby), he joined River Plate by request of coach Diego Simeone.[3]

After the departure of Simeone and River finishing in the last place of the 2008 Apertura, Salcedo returned to Newell's for the 2009 Clausura tournament. On 7 August 2009, Lanús signed the Paraguayan striker on a joint-ownership deal.[4]

After a short spell in Argentinos Juniors he returned to Cerro Porteño.

On5 August 2013, Santiago signed for Club Atlético Banfield on loan from Cerro Porteño,[5] competing in Primera B Nacional of Argentina.[6]

On 1 January 2016,[7] Salcedo was transferred to Club Libertad for the 2016 Primera División Paraguaya season after being on loan to Sol de América from Cerro Porteño in 2015.[8]

Club statistics

[9]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Paraguay League Cup League Cup Total
2001Cerro PorteñoPrimera División8181
200233103310
20036262
Turkey League Türkiye Kupası League Cup Total
2003/04AnkaragücüSüper Lig8181
Paraguay League Cup League Cup Total
2004Cerro PorteñoPrimera División0000
2005179179
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2005FC TokyoJ1 League1252000145
2006610040101
Argentina League Cup League Cup Total
2006/07Newell's Old BoysPrimera División195195
Mexico League Cup League Cup Total
2006/07Jaguares ChiapasPrimera División170170
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total
2007/08Newell's Old BoysPrimera División37123712
2008/09River PlatePrimera División162162
2008/09Newell's Old BoysPrimera División181181
2009/10LanúsPrimera División
2011Argentinos JuniorsPrimera División
2012/13Cerro PorteñoPrimera División
2009/10Club Atlético BanfieldNacional B Country Paraguay 64236423
Turkey 8181
Japan 1862040246
Argentina 90209020
Mexico 170170
Total 19750204020350

National team statistics

Paraguay national team
YearAppsGoals
200310
200400
200520
Total30

References

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