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Francisco Salinas

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Francisco Salinas
Salinas with Unión La Calera in 2023
Personal information
Full name Francisco Antonio Salinas Concha
Date of birth (1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth San Felipe, Chile
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Unión San Felipe
Number 41
Youth career
2014–2017 Unión San Felipe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Unión San Felipe 100 (4)
2023Unión La Calera (loan) 25 (2)
2024Coquimbo Unido (loan) 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2024

Francisco Antonio Salinas Concha (born 4 December 1999) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right-back for Unión San Felipe.

Club career

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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

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Salinas is nicknamed Coreano (Korean) due to his resemblance to Asian people.[7][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Francisco Salinas". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Rodríguez, Felipe (6 January 2019). "5 canteranos del UniUni ya son futbolistas profesionales". Diario Al Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Lineups Ñublense vs Unión San Felipe - Primera B Chile - Clausura 2017". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ a b "Los "Cementeros" se refuerzan previo al duelo ante River Plate". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Live events River Plate vs Unión La Calera - Friendly 2023". www.besoccer.com. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b "¡Siguen los refuerzos! Coquimbo Unido suma un nuevo tripulante pirata". El Observatodo (in Spanish). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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