Adrián José Salcedo de Jesús (born 24 October 1994) is a Dominican

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who plays for

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and the Dominican Republic national team as a

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. He also holds

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citizenship.

Club career

Born in

Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...

, Salcedo moved to the

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as a child and began playing football there when he was nine. He graduated from

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

's youth setup. He made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2011–12 season, in

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. In the 2013 summer Salcedo joined another Spanish third division side,

CE Constància Club Esportiu Constància is a Spanish football team based in Inca, Mallorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1922, its first men's team currently plays in the , the fifth division. Its first women's team is active ...

. He only played three matches in the 2013–14 campaign and the team descended to

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. Salcedo began the next season as a player of 90 minutes for Constància, but he was injured in Week 6. After his recovery, in January 2015, he joined fellow

team

UE Alcúdia Unió Esportiva Alcúdia (Unión Deportiva Alcúdia in Spanish) is a football team based in Alcúdia in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands. Founded in 1922, it plays in the . Its stadium is '' Estadi Municipal Els Arcs'' with a capacity ...

where remained until the end of the season. In total, he played 23 games in the 2014/2015 campaign – 6 for Constància and 17 for Alcúdia. In the 2015 summer Salcedo joined another Spanish fourth division side, CD Montuïri, and after playing 15 matches with them, scoring once, he signed for

in mid January 2016 to compete in the

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of that year. After finishing league in the Dominican Republic, in August 2016, he went back to Balearic football to play for Preferente's team Santanyí two months later. He returned to Atlántico in March 2017.

International career

Salcedo made his international debut for

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on 4 June 2016, as a second half substitution in a 1–0 away win against

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for the

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References

External links

* * * *https://www.ligadominicanadefutbol.com/player/adrian-salcedo-de-jesus/ * https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/64639/Adrian_Salcedo.html 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Santo Domingo Dominican Republic men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Men's association football fullbacks RCD Mallorca B players CE Constància players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Dominican Republic emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Spanish men's footballers Dominican Republic men's international footballers Liga Dominicana de Fútbol players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen 21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen {{DominicanRepublic-footy-bio-stub