José Andres Salvatierra López (born 10 October 1989) is a

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player, currently playing for Sporting San José , and for the

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. He plays as a

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Club career

Salvatierra made his professional debut on 7 April 2010 for ''Liga'' against Águilas Guanacastecas. Salvatierra moved to

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side

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on 16 December 2016. On 24 January 2017, FC Dallas announced the club and Salvatierra agreed to part ways due to the player failing his physical and medical exams before the MLS Preseason.

International career

Salvatierra made his senior debut for

in a June

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition started on June ...

match against

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and earned a total of 26 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 5

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matches and played at the

2011 Copa América The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South Americ ...

Copa América 2011
- RSSSF and

2013 Copa Centroamericana The 2013 Copa Centroamericana was the 12th Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship for men's national association football teams in Central America. It was organized by the ''Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol'' or UNCAF, and took place in ...

Honours

Club

;Alajuelense *

Liga FPD The Primera División of Costa Rica, commonly known as Fútbol de Primera División (FPD), and Liga Promerica for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional association football division in Costa Rica. It is administered by the Unión de Clubes ...

: Apertura 2010, Clausura 2011, Apertura 2011, Apertura 2012, Apertura 2013, Apertura 2020 *

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International

;Costa Rica *

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* * 1989 births Living people People from Escazú (canton) Sportspeople from San José Province Men's association football defenders Costa Rican men's footballers Costa Rica men's international footballers 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 Copa América players 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Copa América Centenario players Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers Liga FPD players {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub