Marciano Saldías Barba (born April 25, 1966 in

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) is a former

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n football defender who spent most of his career at

Oriente Petrolero Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two ti ...

Club career

Saldías joined

in 1984. He along other important players like Erwin "Chichi" Romero, Luis Cristaldo and Celio Alves formed an exceptional team that represented Bolivia at club level in several

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editions of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Playing for Oriente, he won the national title in 1990. Saldías also had a brief spell with Paraguayan club

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in 1992. The following year he joined

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before returning to Oriente for a second stint in 1994.

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signed him in 1997, but he left after only one season with the ''atigrados''. He retired from football in 1999 while playing for

Club Aurora Club Aurora is a football club from Cochabamba, Bolivia, that plays in the División de Fútbol Profesional, the top tier of Bolivian football. The club was founded May 27, 1935, and plays its home games at the Estadio Félix Capriles. Achieve ...

in Copa Simón Bolívar.

National team

He played for the Bolivia national team between 1984 and 1993, including participations in

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and

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Honours

Club

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: 1990 *

** Primera División de Paraguay: 1992

External links

Marciano Saldías

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saldias, Marciano 1966 births Living people Footballers from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivian men's footballers Bolivian expatriate men's footballers Bolivia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Oriente Petrolero players Club Destroyers players The Strongest players Club Aurora players Cerro Porteño players Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay 1987 Copa América players 1989 Copa América players 1991 Copa América players