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Saúl Salcedo

Paraguayan footballer (born 1997)

Saúl Salcedo
Personal information
Full name	Saúl Sabín Salcedo Zárate
Date of birth	(1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Capiatá, Paraguay
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Olimpia
Number	5
Youth career
2010–2015	Olimpia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2018	Olimpia	52	(5)
2017–2018	→ Huracán (loan)	22	(0)
2018–2021	Huracán	50	(0)
2021–	Olimpia	27	(1)
International career^‡
2015–2018	Paraguay U20	10	(0)
2020	Paraguay U23	4	(1)
2019–	Paraguay	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:07, 28 February 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2022

Saúl Salcedo Zárate (born 29 August 1997) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Olimpia, which he captains, and the Paraguay national team.

International career

He was summoned for Paraguay national under-20 football team to play 2015 South American Youth Football Championship.^[1] Salcedo was named in Paraguay's provisional squad for Copa América Centenario but was cut from the final squad.^[2]

On 2 March 2019, Salcedo received a call-up to the Paraguay national team from Eduardo Berizzo ahead of that month's friendlies with Peru and Mexico.^[3] On 10 September 2019, Salcedo made his senior international debut in a 4–2 friendly win away to Jordan.

References

^ Los 23 convocados albirrojos para el Sudamericano Sub 20 (in Spanish)
^ "Paraguay National Team Roster Copa America". mlssoccer.com. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^ "23 albirrojos de clubes del exterior para amistosos vs. Perú y México". APF. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

External links

Saúl Salcedo at Fichajes.com (in Spanish)
Saúl Salcedo at Soccerway
Plantel y cuerpo técnico at clubolimpia.com.py at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 January 2015)

Club Olimpia – current squad