# 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

|   | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, all competitions | 458 | 248 |
| Chile | 70 | 37 |
| Total | 528 | 285 |

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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