Javier Salgado Martín, more commonly known as Javi Salgado, is a retired Spanish professional

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player.

Early career

After being formed at Maristas school in

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, Salgado started his career at SD Patronato in 1998. The next year, he signed with

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, to play in the club's

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(Elmar León), in the Liga EBA, in that time the Spanish third division.

Professional career

In 2001, Salgado joined the newly created team in his native town:

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. With this team, he would go on to play during the next ten seasons, in three different level leagues on the

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, and Liga ACB, playing also in two EuroCup semifinals, in 2009 and 2010. After leaving the team in summer 2010, his number 14 jersey was retired at

. He signed with Lagun Aro GBC in July 2010, from Bilbao's neighboring city of San Sebastián. On July 18, 2016, he returned to Dominion Bilbao Basket, where he remained until he retired at the end of the 2017-18 ACB season.

Spain national team

Salgado played with the

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, and he also played in several friendly games with the

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Awards and accomplishments

: (1) **2002 *

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: (1) **2002 *

: (1) **2004

References

External links

Profile at ACB.com
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