Santiago Salcedo

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. He has played for FC Tokyo, Newell's Old Boys, Chiapas, River Plate, Lanús, Argentinos Juniors, Cerro Porteño, Banfield, Club Libertad, Sol de América, Sportivo San Lorenzo, and General Caballero JLM.

In Their Own Story

The Azteca was doing that thing it does before a Sunday match: the sound started as a low murmur in the upper tier and rolled downward like a wave hitting sand, until sixty thousand voices were one voice. Salcedo stood at the back of the tunnel, lacing his boots, and could feel the vibration in the concrete floor. The Águila on his chest felt heavier than it should have. He looked up at the floodlights, the way they always seemed to hum just slightly, and thought about the kid he'd been watching from the stands years earlier, convinced that one day he'd be down here, in the blue, part of the noise. He tied the second boot, nodded to the man beside him, and walked out into the roar.

Reader's Guide

The source article provides no information about any affiliation with Club América. Salcedo's career is documented entirely in Paraguayan, Argentine, Japanese, and Mexican clubs, with no mention of Club América.

Did You Know?

• Salcedo scored the winning goal against Rosario Central in the Rosario derby during the 2008 Clausura.
• He was recommended to Hércules by national team colleague Nelson Haedo Valdez.
• In January 2021, Salcedo joined Sportivo San Lorenzo in Paraguay's second-tier, coached by his brother Jose Domingo Salcedo.
• At age 40, Salcedo returned to the Primera División in 2022 with General Caballero JLM.