Santiago Gabriel Salcedo González (born 6 September 1981), nicknamed Sasá, is a Paraguayan association football player currently playing for Sol de América in Primera División Paraguaya.[1]

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 (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Sol de América
Number 7
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 (9)
2012–2016 Cerro Porteño 48 (17)
2013–2014Banfield (loan) 58 (23)
2015Sol 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 10 (3)
2022 General Caballero JLM 12 (3)
2022– Sol de América 33 (5)
International career
2003–2017 Paraguay 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:37, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Salcedo is the maximum goal scorer in the history of the Primera División Paraguaya,[2] and Paraguayan football with 152 goals, ahead of Hernan Rodrigo Lopez (127), Juan Eduardo Samudio (119) and Fredy Bareiro (112).[3]

Salcedo ranked number 10 in a list of the most expensive players in Paraguayan football for 2015 published by Diario Extra.[4]

Career

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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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

On 5 August 2013, Santiago signed for Club Atlético Banfield on loan from Cerro Porteño,[1] competing in Primera B Nacional of Argentina.[8]

On 1 January 2016,[1] 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.[9]

In January 2021, it was announced that Salcedo would continue his career in Paraguay's second-tier with Sportivo San Lorenzo.[10] 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.[2]

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.[11][12][13] Already with 152 goals in Paraguay's top-tier, Salcedo commented that he wished to be the league's leading goal scorer in 2022.[14] On 9 January 2022 of Paraguay's summer transfer window, Salcedo's transfer was officially complete.[15]

Club statistics

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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

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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

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Individual

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Paraguay - S. Salcedo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Unknown".[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Diario HOY | Amparados bajo la bendición de la Cruz". 26 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Los jugadores más caros del fútbol paraguayo". Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b Santiago Salcedo at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ "Lanús: Salcedo es el reemplazante para Sand". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Exclusiva Mercado: Hércules ya tiene visto al reemplazante de Trezeguet | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Secciones". InfoRegión. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  9. ^ ""Por respeto a Cerro no me puse indumentaria oficial"". Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Los goles de Sasá en Intermedia, ¿contarían para su récord?". Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  11. ^ "El máximo goleador del fútbol paraguayo vuelve a Primera: El nuevo club de 'Sasá'". 24 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Santiago Salcedo volverá a jugar en Primera División". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  13. ^ "La Nación / Retorno de un gran goleador a Primera".
  14. ^ "Santiago Salcedo y su gran objetivo en Primera". Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Paraguay - S. Salcedo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
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