Franklin Salas

Franklin Salas
	Salas in April 2018
Personal information
Full name	Franklin Agustín Salas Narváez
Date of birth	30 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Santo Domingo, Ecuador
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward, attacking midfielder
Youth career
1995–2001	LDU Quito
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2007	LDU Quito
2007–2008	Red Star Belgrade
2008–2010	LDU Quito
2011	→ Imbabura (loan)
2011	→ Godoy Cruz (loan)
2012	LDU Loja
2013–2014	Olmedo
2015	Deportivo Quito
International career
2000–2011	Ecuador
Managerial career
2017–2020	LDU Quito
2020-	Chacaritas FC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Franklin Agustín Salas Narváez (born 30 August 1981) is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

His nickname is El Mago, meaning wizard or magician.

Club career

Salas began his career in the youth ranks of LDU Quito, and in 2000 made his debut with the senior side. Noted for his skillful dribbling skills and his pace, his hard shot from 25 yards won the award for the goal of the tournament in the 2005 Copa Sudamericana. In late 2006, Salas had a trial with PSV Eindhoven, but Ronald Koeman did not offer him a contract.^[1]

On 16 July 2007, Salas was presented along with Argentine Hernán Barcos and Colombian Mauricio Molina, as the three new South American players for Red Star Belgrade, former European Cup champions.^[2] In 2008, Salas made a return to LDU Quito after a bad run with the Serbian club.

After half-a-year on loan at Imbabura, Salas joined Godoy Cruz in the Argentine Primera División.

International career

Salas was called for the Ecuador national under-20 football team to play the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, where he made three substitutes appearances.

Subsequently, he was a regular member of the Ecuador national football team during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification phase, but was not called up to the World Cup squad due to a serious knee injury which required surgery. He scored the winning goal against Colombia in World Cup qualification on 2 June 2004.

Franklin was also voted as one of the 3 best players of the 2004 Copa América, along Robinho and Carlos Tevez.

Honors

LDU Quito

Ecuadorian Serie A: 2003, 2005 Apertura, 2010
Ecuadorian Serie B: 2001
Copa Libertadores: 2008
Copa Sudamericana: 2009
Recopa Sudamericana: 2009, 2010

Olmedo

Ecuadorian Serie B: 2013

References

^ "ecuagol.com .::. Todo sobre el fútbol ecuatoriano :: Noticias". www.ecuagol.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008.
^ "Presentan a sudamericanos que reforzarán al Estrella Roja" (in Spanish). CRE Satelital. 16 July 2007. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2007.

External links

Profile Archived 17 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine at FEF
Franklin Salas at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "ecuagol.com .::. Todo sobre el fútbol ecuatoriano :: Noticias". www.ecuagol.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008.

[2] "Presentan a sudamericanos que reforzarán al Estrella Roja" (in Spanish). CRE Satelital. 16 July 2007. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2007.

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