Víctor Ezequiel Salazar (born 26 May 1993) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Paraguayan Primera División
The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vis ...
club
Olimpia.
Career
Salazar joined
Rosario Central
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in 2007.
He was promoted into their senior team by manager
Miguel Ángel Russo
Miguel Ángel Russo (born 9 April 1956) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current manager of Rosario Central.
Playing career
Club career
Russo was a one club man; ...
in November 2011, Salazar featured for ninety minutes in a draw with
Olimpo which turned out to be Russo's final game in charge.
In his opening four campaigns with the club, he featured seventy times in all competitions between 2014 and 2017.
On 29 June 2017, Salazar left Rosario Central to play for
San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
.
He made his San Lorenzo debut in the
Copa Libertadores
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versus
Emelec on 7 July.
His league bow came against former team Rosario Central on 10 September, he lasted just forty-three minutes before receiving a red card.
Personal life
Salazar is the brother of fellow footballer
Nahuel Salazar.
He is married to Xoana Barrientos, a hockey player for
Provincial
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Career statistics
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References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Footballers from Tucumán Province
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Argentine Primera División players
Paraguayan Primera División players
Rosario Central footballers
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Club Olimpia footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay