Francisco Antonio Salinas Concha (born 4 December 1999) is a

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who plays as a

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for Unión San Felipe.

Club career

Born in

San Felipe, Chile San Felipe (; "St. Philip" in Spanish) is a communes of Chile, commune and the Capital (political), capital city of the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province in central Chile's Valparaíso Region. Until 1976, it was the capital of Aconcagua (historica ...

, Salinas came to the Unión San Felipe youth system in 2014 and signed his first professional contract in January 2019. Despite he was with the first team since 2017 as a substitute player, he made his debut in the first matchday of the 2019 season against Barnechea on 16 February. A regular player for four seasons with Unión San Felipe, he was loaned out to

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera and competes the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor'', ''Calera Come ...

in the Chilean top division for the 2023 season, making his debut in a friendly match against River Plate on 22 December 2022. At league level, he made twenty five appearances, scored two goals and made three assists. In 2024, Salinas was loaned out to Coquimbo Unido in the same division, a club qualified to the

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Personal life

Salinas is nicknamed ''Coreano'' ( Korean) due to his resemblance to

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salinas, Francisco 1999 births Living people People from San Felipe, Chile Footballers from Valparaíso Region Chilean men's footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Unión La Calera footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Primera B de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Men's association football defenders