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Chilean footballer (born 1976)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salas and the second or maternal family name is Sanzana.
Ariel Salas
Personal information
Full name Ariel Esteban Salas Sanzana
Date of birth (1976-10-09) 9 October 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1986–1993 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Colo-Colo
1997–2001 Magallanes
2002–2003 Deportes Antofagasta
2004 Deportes La Serena 6 (0)
2005 Deportes Ovalle 6 (0)
International career
1993 Chile U17
1995 Chile U20
1996 Chile U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ariel Esteban Salas Sanzana (born 9 October 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Salas came to Colo-Colo at the age of 9 and made his professional debut in a match against Everton played in the Estadio Monumental in 1995. After having no chances to play for Colo-Colo behind Daniel Morón and Marcelo Ramírez, in 1997 he moved to Magallanes. In total, he played for six clubs both in Chile and abroad.

International career

He played for Chile in both the 1993 FIFA U17 World Championship in Japan, where Chile reached the third place, and the 1995 FIFA U20 Championship in Qatar. In addition, he took part of Chile squad in both the 1993 South American U17 Championship and the 1995 South American U20 Championship.

At under-23 level, he represented Chile in the 1996 Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Personal life

At the same time he played for Deportes Antofagasta, he graduated as a PE teacher at the Silva Henríquez Catholic University and next got a magister degree in high-performance training at the Andrés Bello Catholic University.

He has worked as PE teacher and sports consultant in both schools and municipalities as well as the football coach of La Misión School from Calera de Tango.

He has a filled pasties and sandwiches shop called D'Primera (D'First).

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo

International

Chile U17

References

  1. ^ "MADRUGADAS de GLORIA". www.emol.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. ^ Ariel Salas on LinkedIn
  3. Quijada, Vicente (19 October 2021). "Ariel Salas: El arquero juvenil de La Roja en los 90'". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-17". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  5. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. "Nóminas de Chile para Torneos Preolímpicos Sudamericanos Sub-23". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  7. García, Víctor (5 July 2020). "Los hijos de Ariel Salas alucinan con las tapadas de su papá en los penales". LUN (in Spanish). Las Últimas Noticias. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

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