Mario Antonio Salgado Jiménez (born 3 June 1981) is a Chilean retired footballer who played as a forward.

Mario Salgado
Personal information
Full name Mario Antonio Salgado Jiménez
Date of birth (1981-06-03) 3 June 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Talcahuano, Chile
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Huachipato
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Huachipato 17 (2)
2001–2006 Brescia Calcio 18 (1)
2002–2003Hellas Verona (loan) 20 (4)
2003–2004SV Austria Salzburg (loan) 11 (0)
2004–2005Ternana (loan) 31 (6)
2006AlbinoLeffe (loan) 15 (2)
2006–2007 Foggia 33 (12)
2007–2008 Avellino 34 (10)
2008–2009 Foggia 38 (15)
2010 Torino 6 (1)
2011 Colo-Colo 5 (1)
2012 Deportes La Serena 7 (0)
2012–2015 Deportes Naval 57 (12)
2015 Coquimbo Unido 4 (0)
2016–2017 Deportes Naval 43 (15)
Total 339 (81)
International career
2001 Chile U20 3 (0)
Managerial career
2018 Deportes Quillón
2019 Independiente Cauquenes
2019 Corporación Lota
2021–2022 Lota Schwager
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salgado formerly played at Huachipato in Chile and then moved to Italy with Brescia Calcio and remained during several years at other clubs of Europe. In February 2011, the striker returned to his country for play in Colo-Colo.

Club career

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Brescia Calcio

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Salgado joined Brescia Calcio from Huachipato in July 2001. He became the teammate of Roberto Baggio, an Italian historic footballer. His Serie A debut came on 16 September against Lecce, in a 1–1 draw.

With Brescia, Salgado scored 1 goal in 18 appearances. He later was loaned to Serie B side Hellas Verona in 2003, remaining one season there.

Extensive career at Italy

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In July 2003, was confirmed that Salgado moved to Austrian Football Bundesliga side SV Salzburg, one of the most recognized teams of Austria. However, he had a bad spell at Salzburg and was loaned to Ternana, in where was teammate of his countrymen Luis Jimenez, and shortly after was loaned to AlbinoLeffe in 2006. After his loan spell at AlbinoLeffe, his contract with Salzburg (now called Red Bull Salzburg) expired, not was renewed and was released of that team.

In the European summer winter of 2006, he was signed by Foggia of the Serie C1. In summer 2007, he joined to the recently promoted team to Serie B, Avellino in joint-ownership bid.

After his successful seasons at Avellino, he returned to Foggia, where he also had a good season, scoring 15 goals in 38 appearances. His good performances' for Foggia and Avellino attracted the attention of Torino and joined the Serie B club in a co-ownership deal. However, he had a regular season at Torino, only scoring 1 goal during 9 appearances (six games in Serie B and three in the promotion playoffs). On 3 January 2011, the club's directive terminated his contract.[1]

Colo-Colo

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In December 2010, Salgado moved to Primera A side Colo-Colo, on a one-year deal.

He made his debut in a 1–0 loss against Deportes La Serena for a pre-season friendly. The veteran striker of the Italian football, had a poor semester, and for this reason, he and his teammate Agustín Alayes were fired, but Salgado had a second opportunity in the most successful club of Chile, during the delay of the negotiations for release to Salgado of the club.

International career

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He capped for U-20 side in 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina.[2]

Coaching career

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He began his coaching career at the Tercera B, the fifth level of the Chilean football league system, with the clubs Deportes Quillón [es] and Corporación Lota.[3] For the 2019 season, he signed with Independiente de Cauquenes in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile,[4] but he left the team in March 2019.[5] In 2021, he joined Lota Schwager.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Salgado, rescissione consensuale" [Salgado, mutual termination]. Torino FC (in Italian). 3 January 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. ^ Mario SalgadoFIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ^ "Equipo de Segunda División estaría cerca de oficializar a su nuevo DT". PrimeraBChile (in Spanish). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Mario Salgado hará su estreno como entrenador en el banco de Independiente de Cauquenes" (in Spanish). ANFP. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  5. ^ @octavapasion (8 March 2019). "MOVIDAS" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Mario Salgado llega a la banca de Lota Schwager". CF3 (in Spanish). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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