Franklin Renato Salas Baldeón (born 15 February 1970) is an Ecuadorian football

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, currently in charge of Mushuc Runa.

Career

Salas began his career working in the youth sides of

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, being an interim manager of the first team on some occasions before being named manager of the side on 9 December 2008. He achieved promotion to the

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in his first season in charge, but was sacked on 1 March 2010. Salas was appointed Técnico Universitario manager on 5 April 2010, with the club in the

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. On 15 September, he took over fellow league team Aucas, but left at the end of the season. Salas began the 2011 season at

Deportivo Azogues Deportivo Azogues was an Ecuadorian football club based in Azogues. It played in the Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after ...

also in division two, but was dismissed in June. He was in charge of Mushuc Runa in the following year, and later joined the reserve sides of

Deportivo Quito Sociedad Deportivo Quito is an Ecuadorian non-professional club football club based in Quito. For most of its existence, it competed in Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. And currently competes in the Seg ...

. Salas was an interim manager of Deportivo Quito on two occasions during the 2015 campaign, after the departures of Paúl Vélez and Carlos Sevilla. On 14 February 2017, he was permanently appointed manager of the side, now in the

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. Salas left Quito on 2 April 2019, and took over Clan Juvenil in the second level thirteen days later. He returned to Mushuc Runa in the following year, as a sporting director. On 29 May 2023, Salas was named interim manager of the ''Ponchito'', after Geovanny Cumbicus was sacked. On 21 June, he was definitely appointed manager of the club for the second stage of the 2023 season.

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