Dani Salas

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Dani Salas
Personal information
Full name Daniel Salas Del Sar
Date of birth (1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Sevilla
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Sevilla C 19 (0)
2008–2009 Sevilla B 15 (0)
2009–2011 Eibar 8 (0)
2009 → Alcalá (loan) 5 (0)
2011 San Roque 9 (0)
2011–2012 Poli Ejido 6 (0)
2012–2016 Mairena
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel "Dani" Salas Del Sar (born 23 February 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right back, and a scout at English club Leeds United.

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Playing career

Born in Seville, Salas spent the vast majority of his senior career in his native Andalusia. He appeared in two Segunda División seasons with Sevilla FC's reserves, his first league match occurring on 6 January 2008 in a 2–1 away win against Hércules CF where he started. [1]

On the last day of 2008–09, Salas was sent off late into a 3–3 away draw to Alicante CF. Both teams were relegated at the end of the campaign. [2]

Subsequently, Salas represented in quick succession CD Alcalá, SD Eibar, CD San Roque de Lepe, [3] Polideportivo Ejido [4] and CD Mairena. [5]

Scouting career

Salas joined English Championship club Leeds United in 2017, as part of compatriot Víctor Orta's scouting network. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "1–2: El filial remonta al Hércules" [1–2: Reserves come from behind against Hércules]. ABC (in Spanish). 6 January 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Alicante y Sevilla Atlético empatan en una jornada de despedidas" [Alicante and Sevilla Atlético draw in round of goodbyes]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 June 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Díaz, F. J. (3 February 2011). "Un amarillo muy apagado" [Quite dull yellow]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Navarro, Javier (7 August 2011). "Pepe y Dani Salas aseguran un "buen año" a los aficionados del Poli Ejido" [Pepe and Dani Salas guarantee «good year» to Poli Ejido fans]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Fresno, Jaime (22 October 2014). "Un penalti acaba con el sueño del CUC Villalba ante el Mairena (1–1)" [Penalty ends dream of CUC Villalba against Mairena (1–1)]. El Faro del Guadarrama (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Hay, Phil (13 September 2017). "Phil Hay: Leeds United's scouting network is paying dividends". Yorkshire Evening Post . Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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