Name Santiago Salcedo Playing position Role Footballer | Years Team Height 1.83 m 2001–2005 Cerro Porteno Weight 81 kg | |
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Full name Santiago Gabriel Salcedo Gonzalez Date of birth (1981-09-06) 6 September 1981 (age 34) Current team Club Sol de America (Forward) | ||
Place of birth Asuncion, Paraguay | ||
Santiago salcedo
Santiago Gabriel Salcedo González (born 6 September 1981), nicknamed "Sa-Sa", is a Paraguayan association football player currently playing for Club Libertad in Primera División Paraguaya.
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Salcedo ranked number 10 in a list of the most expensive players in Paraguayan football for 2015 published by Diario Extra.
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Career
Salcedo was the top scorer of the 2005 Copa Libertadores playing for Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño. He scored nine goals in the competition. The striker then played for FC Tokyo of Japan, but was loaned in the second half of 2006 to Newell's Old Boys of Argentina, after having problems with his coach Alexandre Gallo at FC Tokyo. Salcedo was then loaned to Mexican side Chiapas for the 2007 Clausura, but returned to Newell's Old Boys for the start of the 2007–08 season. After scoring nine goals during the 2008 Clausura (including the winning goal against Rosario Central in the Rosario derby), he joined River Plate by request of coach Diego Simeone.
After the departure of Simeone and River finishing in the last place of the 2008 Apertura, Salcedo returned to Newell's for the 2009 Clausura tournament. On 7 August 2009, Lanús signed the Paraguayan striker on a joint-ownership deal.
After a short spell in Argentinos Juniors he returned to Cerro Porteño.
On5 August 2013, Santiago signed for Club Atlético Banfield on loan from Cerro Porteño, competing in Primera B Nacional of Argentina.
On 1 January 2016, Salcedo was transferred to Club Libertad for the 2016 Primera División Paraguaya season after being on loan to Sol de América from Cerro Porteño in 2015.