Andrés Salazar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrés Salazar Osorio[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Guarne, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Heart of Midlothian (on loan from Atlético Nacional) | ||
| Number | 80 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Manantiales | |||
| Atlético Nacional | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Atlético Nacional | 22 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Valledupar (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Fortaleza CEIF (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 2024– | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Colombia U20 | 30 | (1) |
| 2023– | Colombia | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:36, 16 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Andrés Salazar Osorio (born 15 January 2003) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian, on loan from Categoría Primera A club Atlético Nacional. He has also represented Colombia at senior international level.
Early life
[edit]Salazar was born in Guarne in the Antioquia Department, and grew up in the Camilo Torres de Guarne neighbourhood.[2]
Club career
[edit]Salazar started his career with grassroots side Manantiales, before moving to professional side Atlético Nacional.[2] While in the academy, he suffered a potentially career-threatening injury, but was able to overcome it to continue his development.[3] He was loaned to Categoría Primera B sides Valledupar and Fortaleza C.E.I.F. for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, respectively.[2]
In a Categoría Primera A match between Atlético Nacional and América de Cali, Salazar injured América de Cali's Spanish forward Iago Falque with a strong challenge. He received criticism for the perceived malice in his challenge, which Salazar denied, stating that there was "no bad intention" and that he hoped Falque "recovers soon".[4] Falque himself would go on to state that Salazar had sent him a message to apologise, and that he had forgiven him for the incident, describing the injury as "involuntary".[5]
Following impressive performances with the Colombia under-20 squad, Salazar was linked with a move to Mexican side Club América.[6]
On 15 August 2024, Salazar joined Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian on a season-long loan deal.[7]
International career
[edit]Salazar has represented Colombia at under-20 level.[1] He made his debut for the senior team on 16 June 2023 in a 1–0 win against Iraq.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 2 June 2023.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético Nacional | 2023 | Categoría Primera A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [a]4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | Categoría Primera A | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| total | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Valledupar (loan) | 2021 | Categoría Primera B | 9 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Fortaleza C.E.I.F. (loan) | 2022 | 26 | 1 | 4[b] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 57 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
- ^ a b Appearances in the Copa Colombia
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Andrés Salazar at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c Álvarez Serrano, Juan Camilo. "Andrés Salazar, un sub 20 que pide pista en Atlético Nacional" [Andrés Salazar, a sub 20 who asks for a clue in Atlético Nacional]. nacionalespasion.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Sanchez, Jairo (30 May 2023). "Nacional saca pecho con Andrés Salazar, pero estuvo a punto de salir por esto" [Nacional sticks out his chest with Andrés Salazar, but he was about to leave for this]. soyverdolaga.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Sierra, Jeimmy Paola (5 May 2023). "Salazar sobre lesión de Falque: "No hubo mala intención"" [Salazar on Falque's injury: "There was no bad intention"]. colombia.as.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Falque defiende a Salazar: "Fue involuntario, no hay maldad"" [Falque defends Salazar: "It was involuntary, there is no evil"]. colombia.as.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Gómez, Marco (1 June 2023). "Andrés Salazar está volando en el Mundial Sub 20 y en México ya le siguen los pasos" [Andrés Salazar is flying in the Sub 20 World Cup and in Mexico they are already following in his footsteps]. nacionfutbol.co.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Hearts seal loan deal for Colombia defender Salazar". BBC. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Andrés Salazar at Soccerway
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Antioquia Department
- Colombian men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- Valledupar F.C. footballers
- Fortaleza C.E.I.F. footballers
- Categoría Primera B players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Colombia men's international footballers
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland