Pedro Ricardo Salgado González (born 6 November 1992), is a Chilean former
footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Career
Born in
Trovolhue, Chile,
Salgado was with
Manchester United
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as a youth alongside
Ángelo Henríquez
Ángelo José Henríquez Iturra (; born 13 April 1994) is a Chilean professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for Polish Ekstraklasa club Miedź Legnica and the Chile national f ...
. He played on the Chilean U20 team in the 2011 South American championship.
He was loaned by
Universidad Católica to
Deportes Temuco
Deportes Temuco is a Chilean football club based in Temuco, Araucanía Region. It currently plays in the Chilean Primera División B, holding home games at the new '' Estadio Municipal Germán Becker''.
The club was founded on February 22, 196 ...
. Recovering from an injury, his loan was not registered in time to play the first half of the 2013 season with Temuco.
After not getting over a pubalgia, he retired at the age of twenty-two.
Personal life
He got a degree in
construction engineering.
Honours
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Universidad Católica
**
Copa Chile: 2011
References
External links
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UC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salgado, Pedro
1992 births
Living people
People from Cautín Province
Chilean men's footballers
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Chile men's under-20 international footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
Primera B de Chile players
Deportes Temuco footballers
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Men's association football defenders