Rodrigo Salinas (footballer, born 1986)

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Rodrigo Salinas
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Javier Salinas
Date of birth (1986-07-04) 4 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Chacarita Juniors
Youth career
Club Evanston
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2009 Villa San Carlos 93 (13)
2009–2014 Godoy Cruz 54 (9)
2011–2012 → Rosario Central (loan) 7 (0)
2013–2014 → Unión Santa Fe (loan) 37 (8)
2014–2015 Atlante 10 (2)
2015–2016 Los Andes 28 (4)
2016–2017 Chacarita Juniors 43 (30)
2017 Al-Ettifaq 7 (2)
2018–2020 Vélez Sarsfield 27 (5)
2019 → Newell's Old Boys (loan) 15 (1)
2020 Deportes La Serena 10 (2)
2021 Sarmiento 11 (0)
2022–2023 Atlético Grau 60 (19)
2024– Chacarita Juniors 43 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:31, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Rodrigo Javier Salinas (born 4 July 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chacarita Juniors. [1]

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Career

Salinas began his senior career in 2004 with Villa San Carlos, he remained with the Primera C club until 2009 and scored a total of thirteen goals in ninety-three matches. [2] [3] Godoy Cruz of the Argentine Primera División signed Salinas in 2009, he scored three goals in his first season including a hat-trick in a 6–2 win over Tigre on 12 April 2010. [1] Overall, he stayed with the club for six seasons and scored nine goals in fifty-four appearances. [1] Whilst with Godoy Cruz, Salinas was loaned out twice to Rosario Central and Unión Santa Fe respectively. [1] [4] He failed to score for Rosario Central but did score eight times for Unión Santa Fe. [1]

In August 2014, Salinas left Argentine football to join Ascenso MX team Atlante. [1] [5] He departed almost a year later following two goals in ten games. [1] He returned to Argentina and subsequently had a two-season spell with Los Andes in Primera B Nacional, prior to signing for fellow second tier club Chacarita Juniors. [6] [7] He went onto score thirty goals in forty-three matches as Chacarita won promotion to the Argentine Primera División. [1] [8] On 17 August 2017, Salinas joined Saudi Professional League side Al-Ettifaq. [1] He scored on his debut in a loss to Al-Qadisiyah on 14 September. [1] One more goal and six more appearances followed. [1]

Salinas mutually terminated his contract with Al-Ettifaq in January 2018, he subsequently agreed to sign for Argentine Primera División team Vélez Sarsfield. [9] [10]

Career statistics

As of 24 May 2018. [1]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vélez Sarsfield 2017–18 Primera División 12200——00122
Career total12200——00122
  1. ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Rodrigo Salinas profile". Soccerway. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rodrigo Salinas profile". BDFA. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Villa San Carlos empató en el clásico y ascendió a la B Metropolitana". Clarín. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "El Potro Salinas estampó la firma". El Litoral. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Atlante salva el empate y suma un punto de visitante". Atlante F.C. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Refuerza el ataque". Club Atletico Los Andes. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Goleador Funebrero". Mundo Ascenso. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "La emocionante historia de Rodrigo Salinas, el súper goleador de la temporada". Clarín. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "الاتفاق يفسخ عقد ساليناس بالتراضي". Kooora. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Vélez oficializó a Salinas". TyC Sports. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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