Santiago Salcedo
Paraguay's all-time top scorer with 152 goals.
Santiago Gabriel Salcedo González (born 6 September 1981), nicknamed Sasá, is a Paraguayan association football player currently playing for Sol de América in Primera División Paraguaya.
Quick Facts
- Affiliation
- Club América (Liga MX)
- Role
- Field player (squad member)
- Status
- Former player
- Fan recognition
- Remembered in supporter lore for his era with the Águilas
Lore & Background
Salcedo is the maximum goal scorer in the history of the Primera División Paraguaya, and Paraguayan football with 152 goals, ahead of Hernan Rodrigo Lopez (127), Juan Eduardo Samudio (119) and Fredy Bareiro (112). He ranked number 10 in a list of the most expensive players in Paraguayan football for 2015 published by Diario Extra. Salcedo was the top scorer of the 2005 Copa Libertadores playing for Paraguayan side Cerro Porteño, scoring nine goals in the competition.
Did You Know?
- He was recommended to Hércules by national team colleague Nelson Haedo Valdez.
- In January 2021, he joined Sportivo San Lorenzo in Paraguay's second-tier, coached by his brother Jose Domingo Salcedo.
- At age 40, he signed for newly promoted General Caballero JLM in December 2021.
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Elsewhere in Club America
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