Mauricio Salazar
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mauricio Javier Salazar Durán | ||
Date of birth | 21 September 1979 | ||
Place of birth | La Serena, Chile | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Academia Santa Inés | |||
Deportes La Serena | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2008 | Deportes La Serena | 17 | (8) |
2004–2006 | → Huachipato (loan) | 59 | (7) |
2008–2009 | Audax Italiano | 30 | (1) |
2009–2018 | Deportes La Serena | 252 | (62) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mauricio Javier Salazar Durán (born 21 September 1979) is a Chilean retired footballer who played as a striker.
Career
[edit]As a youth player, Salazar was with Academia de Fútbol Santa Inés, before joining Deportes La Serena.[1]
Personal life
[edit]An idol of Deportes La Serena,[2] he was nicknamed Ingeniero ( Engineer). Similarly, he received as mining engineer at the University of La Serena.[3]
Controversies
[edit]In October 2024, Salazar and his partner, the former footballer Marcelo Caro, were charged with scam by also former footballer Jorge Vargas, regarding business in La Serena, Chile.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Amenábar, José Pedro (10 November 2018). "El Totti granate". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ Mora, Sebastián (28 October 2018). "Ingeniero y leyenda: La Serena despide al eterno Mauricio Salazar". 24 Horas. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Mauricio Salazar, capitán de Deportes La Serena se tituló como Ingeniero Civil en Minas". El Observalotodo. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Morales, Italo (4 October 2024). "Ex seleccionado chileno denuncia estafa por 500 millones: acusa a ídolo de La Serena y un ex Católica". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Mauricio Salazar at Soccerway
- Salazar at Football Lineups
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Footballers from La Serena
- Chilean men's footballers
- Deportes La Serena footballers
- Audax Italiano footballers
- Huachipato FC footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Men's association football forwards
- University of La Serena alumni
- Chilean football forward stubs