Marcial Salazar

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Marcial Salazar
Personal information
Full name Marcial Javier Salazar Orbe
Date of birth (1970-09-08) 8 September 1970 (age 55) [1]
Place of birth Iquitos, Peru
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 Hungaritos Agustinos
1988 CNI
1989–1993 San Agustín
1994 Deportivo Municipal
1995–2000 Alianza Lima
2001 Universitario
2002 Deportivo Wanka
International career
1994–2000 Peru 7 (0)
Managerial career
2009 CNI (interim)
2010–2011 CNI
2012 Los Caimanes
2012 Defensor San Alejandro
2013 CNI FC
2014 ADA (Jaén)
2014–2015 Bolívar FC
2015–2016 Los Caimanes
2017 Estudiantil CNI
2017 FC Carlos Stein
2017 Los Caimanes
2018 ADA (Jaén)
2018 Atlético Torino
2019 Los Caimanes
2020 Estudiantil CNI
2021 Los Caimanes
2022 Juvenil UTC
2022–2023 Comerciantes FC
2024 Cultural Volante
2024 ADA (Jaén)
2024 Dolce Bretaña
2025 Deportivo Lute
2025 Comerciantes FC
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcial Javier Salazar Orbe (born in 8 September 1970) is a Peruvian football manager and former player.

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Playing career

Club career

Nicknamed El Charapa, Marcial Salazar began his career in 1986 with Hungaritos Agustinos in his hometown of Iquitos. In 1988, he joined Colegio Nacional Iquitos before moving to Lima the following year to play for San Agustín.

After a stint with Deportivo Municipal in 1994, he signed with Alianza Lima in 1995, where he achieved his best results. He won the Peruvian league title in 1997 and participated in four Copa Libertadores tournaments in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000 (20 matches in total, scoring one goal). [2] On 25 August 1999, he scored the winning goal for Alianza Lima against Millonarios F.C. in the 1999 Copa Merconorte, a goal that Fox Sports voted the best on the continent that year. [3]

He joined Universitario de Deportes in 2001 and finished his career in 2002 playing for Deportivo Wanka.

International career

Peruvian international Marcial Salazar played seven matches (no goals scored) for the national team between 1994 and 2000. [1] [4] He notably played in the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States where his country reached the semi-finals.

Managerial career

Having become a coach, Marcial Salazar managed Los Caimanes on several occasions. He led them to a runner-up finish in the second division in 2015. [5]

In 2022, he reached the Copa Perú final with Comerciantes FC of Iquitos. He was retained as manager of the club, which was then promoted to the second division in 2023. [6]

Honours

Player

Alianza Lima

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Marcial Salazar at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Marcial Salazar - Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  3. Ratón de Hemeroteca (25 August 2014). "Golazo Marcial" [Martial's great goal]. De Chalaca (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  4. José Luis Pierrend (14 February 2025). "Peru - Record International Players". RSSSF . Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  5. "Segunda División: Marcial Salazar: "Tengo una deuda pendiente de ascender a Los Caimanes"" [Second Division: Marcial Salazar: “I have an outstanding debt to get Los Caimanes promoted”]. Crónica Viva. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  6. Stewart Luya (22 January 2023). "Comerciantes FC confirmó a su entrenador para la Liga 2" [Comerciantes FC confirmed their coach for Liga 2]. Fútbolperuano.com. Retrieved 29 December 2025.