Marcelo Salas

Marcelo Salas is a Chilean footballer, born on 24 December 1974 in Temuco, Chile. Salas played as a striker for Lazio and River Plate. Salas scored 285 goals in 528 games for club and country and won 15 trophies, including the Libertadores and 9 league titles.

Salas's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, all competitions458248
Chile7037
Total528285

Goals per game: 0.54.

Salas's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 15
  • League titles: 9
  • Domestic cups: 3
  • Libertadores: 1
  • Other international club trophies: 2
  • Individual awards: 21

Universidad de Chile

  • Primera División de Chile: 2 (1994, 1995)

River Plate

  • Argentine Primera División: 4 (1996, 1997, 1997, 2004)
  • Supercopa Libertadores: 1 (1997)

Lazio

  • Serie A: 1 (1999–2000)
  • Coppa Italia: 1 (1999–2000)
  • Supercoppa Italiana: 1 (1998)
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1 (1998–99)
  • UEFA Super Cup: 1 (1999)

Juventus

  • Serie A: 2 (2001–02, 2002–03)
  • Supercoppa Italiana: 1 (2002)

Individual

  • Copa Chile Top scorer: 1 (1994)
  • America's Ideal Team: 2 (1996, 1997)
  • South American Footballer of the Year: 1 (1997)
  • Argentine Footballer of the Year: 1 (1997)
  • Olimpia Award: 1 (1997)
  • Chile's Best Athlete Award: 1 (1997)
  • 3rd "Best Centre Forward in the World" RSS Award for the best footballer of the year: 1 (1997)
  • Chilean Footballer of the Year: 2 (1997, 1998)
  • Included within the 10 figures of FIFA World Cup: 1 (1998)
  • 5th "Best Centre Forward in the World" RSS Award for the best footballer of the year: 1 (1998)
  • Integra the Rest of the world in sports and games: 1 (1998)
  • 5th "Best Centre Forward in the World" RSS Award for the best footballer of the year: 1 (1999)
  • and 7 more

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1993–1996: Universidad de Chile, 77 games, 50 goals
  2. 1996–1998: River Plate, 53 games, 24 goals
  3. 1998–2001: Lazio, 79 games, 34 goals
  4. 2001–2006: Juventus, 18 games, 2 goals
  5. 2003–2005: River Plate (loan), 32 games, 10 goals
  6. 2005–2006: Universidad de Chile (loan), 38 games, 18 goals
  7. 2006–2008: Universidad de Chile, 44 games, 19 goals

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