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Santiago Salcedo
Personal information
Full name Santiago Gabriel Salcedo González
Date of birth (1981-09-06) 6 September 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.83 m
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club General Caballero JLM
Number --
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Cerro Porteño 61 (22)
2003–2004 → Ankaragücü (loan) 8 (1)
2005–2006 FC Tokyo 18 (6)
2006–2009 Newell's Old Boys 74 (18)
2007 Chiapas (loan) 17 (0)
2008 River Plate (loan) 16 (2)
2009–2012 Lanús 45 (14)
2011 Argentinos Juniors (loan) 27 (9)
2012–2016 Cerro Porteño 48 (17)
2013–2014 Banfield (loan) 58 (23)
2015 Sol de América (loan) 43 (30)
2016–2018 Libertad 88 (49)
2018–2019 Deportivo Capiatá 52 (23)
2020 Guaireña 20 (5)
2020–2022 Sportivo San Lorenzo
2022– General Caballero JLM 0 (0)
National team
2003–2017 Paraguay 6 (0)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:37, 12 October 2020 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Santiago Gabriel Salcedo González (born 6 September 1981), nicknamed Sasá, is a Paraguayan association football player currently playing for General Caballero JLM in Primera División Paraguaya.

Salcedo is the maximum goal scorer in the history of the Primera División Paraguaya, and Paraguayan football with 152 goals, ahead of Hernan Rodrigo Lopez (127), Juan Eduardo Samudio (119) and Fredy Bareiro (112).

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

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.

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.

After a short spell in Argentinos Juniors he returned to Cerro Porteño. Salcedo was considered by Hércules to be David Trezeguet's replacement following the 2010/11 season. Salcedo was recommended by national team colleague, Nelson Haedo Valdez, who at the time was playing at Hercules.

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

On 1 January 2016, 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.

In January 2021, it was announced that Salcedo would continue his career in Paraguay's second-tier with Sportivo San Lorenzo. He will be coached by his brother, Jose Domingo Salcedo, and Salcedo opted to stay at Sportivo San Lorenzo to give the club promotion back to the first-tier.

In December 2021, Salcedo's return to the Primera División in 2022 was confirmed when the 40-year-old was announced as a signing for newly promoted General Caballero JLM. Already with 152 goals in Paraguay's top-tier, Salcedo commented that he wished to be the league's leading goal scorer in 2022. On 9 January 2022 of Paraguay's summer transfer window, Salcedo's transfer was officially complete.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Paraguay League Cup League Cup Total
2001 Cerro Porteño Primera División 8 1 8 1
2002 33 10 33 10
2003 6 2 6 2
Turkey League Türkiye Kupası League Cup Total
2003/04 Ankaragücü Süper Lig 8 1 8 1
Paraguay League Cup League Cup Total
2004 Cerro Porteño Primera División 0 0 0 0
2005 17 9 17 9
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2005 FC Tokyo J1 League 12 5 2 0 0 0 14 5
2006 6 1 0 0 4 0 10 1
Argentina League Cup League Cup Total
2006/07 Newell's Old Boys Primera División 19 5 19 5
Mexico League Cup League Cup Total
2006/07 Jaguares Chiapas Primera División 17 0 17 0
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2007/08 Newell's Old Boys Primera División 37 12 37 12
2008/09 River Plate Primera División 16 2 16 2
2008/09 Newell's Old Boys Primera División 18 1 18 1
2009/10 Lanús Primera División
2011 Argentinos Juniors Primera División
2012/13 Cerro Porteño Primera División
2009/10 Club Atlético Banfield Nacional B
Country Paraguay 64 23 64 23
Turkey 8 1 8 1
Japan 18 6 2 0 4 0 24 6
Argentina 90 20 90 20
Mexico 17 0 17 0
Total 197 50 2 0 4 0 203 50

National team statistics

Paraguay national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 1 0
2004 0 0
2005 2 0
2012 1 0
2017 1 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Individual

  • Maximum goal scorer of Paraguayan football with 152 goals

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Santiago Salcedo para niños

  • Players and Records in Paraguayan Football
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