Francisco Salinas
 Salinas with Unión La Calera in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Antonio Salinas Concha | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | San Felipe, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Coquimbo Unido (on loan from Unión San Felipe) | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Unión San Felipe | 99 | (4) |
| 2023 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2024– | → Coquimbo Unido (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2024 | |||
Francisco Antonio Salinas Concha (born 4 December 1999) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right-back for Chilean Primera División side Coquimbo Unido on loan from Unión San Felipe.
Club career
Born in San Felipe, Chile, Salinas came to the Unión San Felipe youth system in 2014 and signed his first professional contract in January 2019.[2][3] Despite he was with the first team since 2017 as a substitute player,[4] he made his debut in the first matchday of the 2019 season against Barnechea on 16 February.[5]
A regular player for four seasons with Unión San Felipe, he was loaned out to Unión La Calera in the Chilean top division for the 2023 season,[6] making his debut in a friendly match against River Plate on 22 December 2022.[7][8] At league level, he made twenty five appearances, scored two goals and made three assists.[9]
In 2024, Salinas was loaned out to Coquimbo Unido in the same division, a club qualified to the Copa Sudamericana.[9][10]
Personal life
Salinas is nicknamed Coreano (Korean) due to his resemblance to Asian people.[7][10]
References
- ^ "Francisco Salinas". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Sánchez, Francisco (3 February 2023). "Fue papá, llegó a Primera y sueña con la Roja: "Mis referentes son Isla y Alexander-Arnold"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Rodríguez, Felipe (6 January 2019). "5 canteranos del UniUni ya son futbolistas profesionales". Diario Al Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Lineups Ñublense vs Unión San Felipe - Primera B Chile - Clausura 2017". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "El Uní Uní debutó con el pie izquierdo al caer 2 a 0 ante el AC Barnechea". El Trabajo (in Spanish). 18 February 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "No se mueve de región, pero si de equipo: Francisco Salinas parte de San Felipe". OneFootball (in Spanish). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Los "Cementeros" se refuerzan previo al duelo ante River Plate". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Live events River Plate vs Unión La Calera - Friendly 2023". www.besoccer.com. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Coquimbo Unido anunció a Francisco Salinas como nuevo refuerzo para el 2024". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b "¡Siguen los refuerzos! Coquimbo Unido suma un nuevo tripulante pirata". El Observatodo (in Spanish). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
External links
- Francisco Salinas at Soccerway
- Francisco Salinas at BeSoccer
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from San Felipe, Chile
- Footballers from Valparaíso Region
- Chilean men's footballers
- Unión San Felipe footballers
- Unión La Calera footballers
- Coquimbo Unido footballers
- Primera B de Chile players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Men's association football defenders