Franklin Salas

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Franklin Salas
Personal information
Full name	Franklin Agustín Salas Narváez
Date of birth	(1981-08-30) August 30, 1981
Place of birth	Santo Domingos, Ecuador
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Forward / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Olmedo
Number	11
Youth career
1995–2001	LDU Quito
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2000–2007	LDU Quito	187	(41)
2007–2008	Red Star Belgrade	4	(0)
2008–2010	LDU Quito	47	(7)
2011	→ Imbabura (loan)	19	(9)
2011	→ Godoy Cruz (loan)	2	(0)
2012	LDU Loja	28	(8)
2013–	Olmedo	11	(1)
National team^‡
2003–	Ecuador	26	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 17, 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 February 2012

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Salas and the second or maternal family name is Narváez.

Franklin Agustín Salas Narváez (born August 30, 1981) is an Ecuadorian football forward who currently plays for Olmedo.

His nickname is Mago, meaning wizard or magician.

Club career

Salas began his career in the youth ranks of LDU Quito, and in 2000 made his debut with the senior side. Noted for his skillful dribbling skills and his pace, his hard shot from 25 yards won the award for the goal of the tournament in the 2005 Copa Sudamericana. In late 2006, Salas had a trial with PSV Eindhoven, but Ronald Koeman did not offer him a contract.^[1]

On 16 July 2007, Salas was presented along with Argentine Hernán Barcos and Colombian Mauricio Molina, as the three new South American players for Red Star Belgrade, former European Cup champions.^[2] In 2008, Salas made a return to LDU Quito after a bad run with the Serbian club.

After half-a-year on loan at Imbabura, Salas joined Godoy Cruz in the Argentine Primera División.

International career

Salas was called for the Ecuador national under-20 football team to play the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, where he made three substitutes appearances.

Subsequently, he was a regular member of the Ecuador national football team during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification phase, but was not called up to the World Cup squad due to a serious knee injury which required surgery. He scored the winning goal against Colombia in World Cup qualification on 2 June 2004.

Franklin was also voted as one of the 3 best players of the 2004 Copa América, along Robinho and Carlos Tévez.

Honors

LDU Quito

Ecuadorian Serie B (1): 2001
Ecuadorian Serie A (3): 2003, 2005 Apertura, 2010
Copa Libertadores (1): 2008
Copa Sudamericana (1): 2009
Recopa Sudamericana (2): 2009, 2010

References

↑ http://www.ecuagol.com/ecuagol/content/news.php?PageIndex=09e2cca9-Ed63-4923-9c14-b3f53026a488&newsID=15598
↑ (Spanish) "Presentan a sudamericanos que reforzarán al Estrella Roja". CRE Satelital. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2007-07-16.

External links

Profile at FEF
Franklin Salas at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Ecuador squad – 2004 Copa América

1 J. Espinoza 2 Guagua 3 Hurtado 4 de la Cruz 5 Obregón 6 Ambrosi 7 Salas 8 Ordóñez 9 Figueroa 10 Aguinaga 11 Delgado 12 Ibarra 13 Saritama 14 Baldeón 15 Ayoví 16 Chalá 17 G. Espinoza 18 Reasco 19 Méndez 20 E. Tenorio 21 Soledispa 22 Lanza Coach: Gómez

Persondata
Name	Salas, Franklin
Alternative names
Short description	Ecuadorian footballer
Date of birth	1981-08-30
Place of birth	Santo Domingos, Ecuador
Date of death
Place of death

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