Daniel "Dani" Salas Del Sar (born 23 February 1988) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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, and a

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at English club

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...

Playing career

Born in

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

, Salas spent the vast majority of his senior career in his native

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. He appeared in two

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

seasons with

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

's reserves, his first league match occurring on 6 January 2008 in a 2–1 away win against Hércules CF where he started. On the last day of 2008–09, Salas was

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late into a 3–3 away draw to Alicante CF. Both teams were relegated at the end of the campaign. Subsequently, Salas represented in quick succession

CD Alcalá Club Deportivo Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945 it plays in División de Honor Andaluza - Group 1, and plays home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Ciudad de Alcalá ...

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...

CD San Roque de Lepe Club Deportivo San Roque de Lepe, SAD is a Spanish football team based in Lepe, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1956 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio Ciudad de Lepe'', with a ...

, Polideportivo Ejido and CD Mairena.

Scouting career

Salas joined English

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club

in 2017, as part of compatriot Víctor Orta's

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network.

References

External links

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Futbolme profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salas, Dani 1988 births Living people Footballers from Seville Spanish footballers Association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sevilla FC C players Sevilla Atlético players CD Alcalá players SD Eibar footballers CD San Roque de Lepe footballers Polideportivo Ejido footballers Leeds United F.C. non-playing staff Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England