Julio Salinas
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Julio Salinas Fernández (born 11 September 1962 in Bilbao
, Basque Country
) is a retired Spanish
footballer who played during the 1980s and 1990s.
A tall, lanky centre forward with skills, Salinas is best remembered for his spell at FC Barcelona
– having started his career with Athletic Bilbao
– while he was also a prolific goalscorer for club and country
.
Salinas scored more than 20 goals in nearly 60 caps
for Spain, and represented the nation in three World Cups
and two European Championships
.
's Pichichi award, as he helped Bilbao Athletic
finish runners-up to Castilla CF
. During two seasons, he also played 13 games for the main side
, netting his first top flight
goal on 26 March 1983, in a 4–0 home win over Celta de Vigo
, as the Basque
captured back-to-back league titles (adding the 1984 Copa del Rey
).
After two more seasons with Bilbao, netting 12 goals combined for two third-place finishes, Salinas moved to Atlético Madrid, where he netted an impressive 31 goals from 1988–90 (including two on 7 February 1988, in a 7–0 home thrashing of RCD Mallorca
).
for 1988–89, linking up with several other Basque players, including veteran José Ramón Alexanko
, Txiki Begiristain, Ion Andoni Goikoetxea and José Mari Bakero
. These would help form the backbone of the legendary Dream Team. Salinas scored 20 league goals in his debut season, as Barça finished second to Real Madrid
, and he also netted in both the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup final against U.C. Sampdoria
and in the following year's domestic cup 2–0 win against Real Madrid.
In the subsequent seasons, Salinas appeared sparingly for the club, due to his aging and the emergence of offensive players as Hristo Stoichkov
. He would still manage to net some important goals in spite of limited playing time. On 30 January 1994, after coming in as a second-half substitute against Albacete Balompié
, Salinas scored both goals in a 2–1 home win, as he only played in another six games during the season, with Barcelona eventually achieving four league titles in a row.
, helping them finish second in his only season. Although not a regular in the starting lineups, he finished with 12 league goals, only surpassed by club great Bebeto
. As a late substitute at the Camp Nou
, on 3 December, Salinas netted in a 1–1 draw (only months after leaving his former club), after a header from central defender José Luis Ribera.
After the signing of, among others, Russia
n Dmitry Radchenko, Salinas was deemed surplus to requirements, leaving for Sporting de Gijón
, where he scored 18 goals in 1995–96, crucial in helping the Asturians
avoid relegation. He was held in high regards in the city
during his one 1/2 year spell, with the fans often singing: "Bota de oro, Salinas bota de oro!" (Golden boot
, Salinas, golden boot!").
Salinas then had an abroad stint with Yokohama F. Marinos
in Japan
, where he again showcased his scoring skills, teaming up with former Barcelona teammate Goikoetxea. He then returned close to home, having played his last two seasons with Deportivo Alavés
, where he scored in 1999–2000's opener, a 2–1 home win against Málaga CF
. Alavés finished sixth and would go on to reach the following year's UEFA Cup final
.
On 19 May 2000, Salinas played his last professional match, scoring in a 2–1 loss at his first team, Athletic Bilbao. He retired with 417 games and 152 goals, in the Spanish first division alone.
during a decade, scoring 23 goals. His debut was on 22 January 1986, as he scored in a 2–0 friendly win against the Soviet Union, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
.
He went on to represent Spain at three FIFA World Cup
s: 1986
(where he scored against Northern Ireland
), 1990
(netting in the second-round loss against Yugoslavia
) and 1994
, as well as two UEFA European Football Championship
s, 1988 and 1996.
In the 1994 World Cup quarter-final against Italy
, after he had found the net in a 2–2 draw against South Korea, Salinas missed the chance to put Spain into the last four: with 1–1 and less than ten minutes to go, he marred a fast-break, with only goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca to beat. Minutes after, Roberto Baggio
sealed the 2–1 final result, as the Spaniard was ultimately more remembered for this miss rather than the massive amount of goals scored during an 18-year professional career.
|1982/83||rowspan="4"|Athletic Bilbao
||rowspan="4"|La Liga
||7||1||6||3||4||0||0||0||17||4
|-
|1983/84||6||0||2||2||2||1||0||0||10||3
|-
|1984/85||28||8||10||4||1||0||1||1||40||13
|-
|1985/86||27||4||6||2||0||0||3||3||36||9
|-
|1986/87||rowspan="2"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="2"|La Liga
||38||15||6||2||colspan="2"|-||3||1||47||18
|-
|1987/88||37||16||5||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||42||18
|-
|1988/89||rowspan="6"|Barcelona
||rowspan="6"|La Liga
||37||20||5||4||colspan="2"|-||7||2||49||26
|-
|1989/90||34||15||7||2||colspan="2"|-||4||1||45||18
|-
|1990/91||33||11||4||4||colspan="2"|-||8||2||45||17
|-
|1991/92||17||7||2||0||colspan="2"|-||5||2||24||9
|-
|1992/93||18||5||5||5||colspan="2"|-||3||0||26||10
|-
|1993/94||7||2||4||2||colspan="2"|-||1||0||12||4
|-
|1994/95||Deportivo
||La Liga
||24||12||4||4||colspan="2"|-||4||0||32||16
|-
|1995/96||rowspan="2"|Sporting Gijón
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
||38||18||4||4||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||42||22
|-
|1996/97||16||6||||||||||||||16||6
|-
|1997||rowspan="2"|Yokohama Marinos
||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||26||21||2||2||5||3||colspan="2"|-||33||26
|-
|1998||21||13||0||0||3||1||colspan="2"|-||24||14
|-
|1998/99||rowspan="2"|Alavés
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
||22||4||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||4
|-
|1999/00||28||8||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||30||8
417||152||70||40||7||1||39||12||533||205
47||34||2||2||8||4||colspan="2"|-||57||40
464||186||72||42||15||5||39||12||590||245
|}
|1986||10||5
|-
|1987||2||0
|-
|1988||8||1
|-
|1989||4||1
|-
|1990||5||1
|-
|1991||0||0
|-
|1992||1||0
|-
|1993||8||7
|-
|1994||12||7
|-
|1995||4||0
|-
|1996||2||0
|-
!Total||56||22
|}
, first in RTVE
, then in La Sexta
, covering the 2006 FIFA World Cup
for the latter.
, was also a professional footballer (centre back), and played for Athletic Bilbao and Celta. Both made their top level debuts in 1982–83.
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
, Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
) is a retired Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
footballer who played during the 1980s and 1990s.
A tall, lanky centre forward with skills, Salinas is best remembered for his spell at FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
– having started his career with Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...
– while he was also a prolific goalscorer for club and country
Spain national football team
The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
.
Salinas scored more than 20 goals in nearly 60 caps
Cap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
for Spain, and represented the nation in three World Cups
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
and two European Championships
UEFA European Football Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
.
Athletic Bilbao/Atlético Madrid
In 1983–84, Salinas won the second divisionSegunda División
The Segunda División is the lower tier of the two professional football leagues in Spain. From the season 2008-09 onwards, the name of the league is Liga Adelante.-History:...
's Pichichi award, as he helped Bilbao Athletic
Bilbao Athletic
Bilbao Athletic is a Spanish football club based in Bilbao, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country...
finish runners-up to Castilla CF
Real Madrid Castilla
Real Madrid Castilla is a Spanish football team that plays in the Segunda División B. It is the reserve team of Real Madrid. They play their home games at Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium....
. During two seasons, he also played 13 games for the main side
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...
, netting his first top flight
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
goal on 26 March 1983, in a 4–0 home win over Celta de Vigo
Celta de Vigo
Real Club Celta de Vigo , simply referred to as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, currently playing in the Segunda División. It was founded on March 28, 1923 following the merger of Real Vigo Sporting and Real Fortuna Foot-ball Club.Nicknamed Los Celestes ,...
, as the Basque
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
captured back-to-back league titles (adding the 1984 Copa del Rey
Copa del Rey
The Copa del Rey is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey de Fútbol ....
).
After two more seasons with Bilbao, netting 12 goals combined for two third-place finishes, Salinas moved to Atlético Madrid, where he netted an impressive 31 goals from 1988–90 (including two on 7 February 1988, in a 7–0 home thrashing of RCD Mallorca
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team based on Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded on 5 March 1916, the team currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at Son Moix....
).
The Barcelona years
Salinas signed for FC BarcelonaFC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
for 1988–89, linking up with several other Basque players, including veteran José Ramón Alexanko
José Ramón Alexanko
José Ramón Alexanko Ventosa , also referred to as Alesanco or Alexanco, is a retired Spanish footballer and manager....
, Txiki Begiristain, Ion Andoni Goikoetxea and José Mari Bakero
José Mari Bakero
José María Bakero Escudero is a retired Spanish footballer, and the current coach of Lech Poznań in Poland.Having played mainly for Real Sociedad and FC Barcelona, he began his career as a forward but was converted into an attacking midfielder, who possessed passing and netting ability José María...
. These would help form the backbone of the legendary Dream Team. Salinas scored 20 league goals in his debut season, as Barça finished second to Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
, and he also netted in both the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup final against U.C. Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...
and in the following year's domestic cup 2–0 win against Real Madrid.
In the subsequent seasons, Salinas appeared sparingly for the club, due to his aging and the emergence of offensive players as Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov
Hristo Stoichkov Stoichkov , sometimes Stoitchkov; born 8 February 1966 in Plovdiv) is a retired Bulgarian footballer. He is regarded as one of the best footballers of his generation and the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. Nicknamed The Dagger , The Dog , The Modern Left...
. He would still manage to net some important goals in spite of limited playing time. On 30 January 1994, after coming in as a second-half substitute against Albacete Balompié
Albacete Balompié
Albacete Balompié, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded on August 2, 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home matches at Estadio Carlos Belmonte, with a 17,300-seat capacity.-History:The club was founded...
, Salinas scored both goals in a 2–1 home win, as he only played in another six games during the season, with Barcelona eventually achieving four league titles in a row.
Later years
Upon leaving Barcelona, Salinas played for Deportivo de La CoruñaDeportivo de La Coruña
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1906 and currently playing in Segunda División...
, helping them finish second in his only season. Although not a regular in the starting lineups, he finished with 12 league goals, only surpassed by club great Bebeto
Bebeto
José Roberto Gama de Oliveira, known as 'Bebeto', is a former football forward, a World Champion for Brazil in the 1994 World Cup...
. As a late substitute at the Camp Nou
Camp Nou
Camp Nou , sometimes called "the Nou Camp" in English, is a football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The stadium, located in the west of the city, has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957....
, on 3 December, Salinas netted in a 1–1 draw (only months after leaving his former club), after a header from central defender José Luis Ribera.
After the signing of, among others, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n Dmitry Radchenko, Salinas was deemed surplus to requirements, leaving for Sporting de Gijón
Sporting de Gijón
Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Asturias. Founded in 1 June 1905, it currently plays in Spanish first division....
, where he scored 18 goals in 1995–96, crucial in helping the Asturians
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
avoid relegation. He was held in high regards in the city
Gijón
Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...
during his one 1/2 year spell, with the fans often singing: "Bota de oro, Salinas bota de oro!" (Golden boot
Golden Boot
A Golden Boot or Golden Shoe is an award, most often in football sports, given to the individual player who scores the most goals in a league or a tournament.These terms may also refer to:In association football...
, Salinas, golden boot!").
Salinas then had an abroad stint with Yokohama F. Marinos
Yokohama F. Marinos
is a Japanese association football team that participates in the fully professional J. League Division 1; the top Japanese professional football league. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team are based in...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, where he again showcased his scoring skills, teaming up with former Barcelona teammate Goikoetxea. He then returned close to home, having played his last two seasons with Deportivo Alavés
Deportivo Alavés
Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1921, it plays in Segunda División B, holding home matches at the 19,500-seater Estadio Mendizorrotza....
, where he scored in 1999–2000's opener, a 2–1 home win against Málaga CF
Málaga CF
Málaga Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Málaga, Andalusia. The team currently plays in Spain's La Liga.Málaga CF is generally seen as the successor to CD Málaga, one of the most historical Andalusian football clubs, by being a near-identical looking football club that even shares...
. Alavés finished sixth and would go on to reach the following year's UEFA Cup final
2001 UEFA Cup Final
The 2001 UEFA Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Alavés of Spain on 16 May 2001 at the Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany. The showpiece event was the final match of the 2000–01 edition of Europe's secondary cup competition, the UEFA Cup. Liverpool were...
.
On 19 May 2000, Salinas played his last professional match, scoring in a 2–1 loss at his first team, Athletic Bilbao. He retired with 417 games and 152 goals, in the Spanish first division alone.
International career
Salinas made 56 international appearances for SpainSpain national football team
The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
during a decade, scoring 23 goals. His debut was on 22 January 1986, as he scored in a 2–0 friendly win against the Soviet Union, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria commonly known as Las Palmas is the political capital, jointly with Santa Cruz, the most populous city in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the ninth largest city in Spain, with a population of 383,308 in 2010. Nearly half of the people of the island...
.
He went on to represent Spain at three FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
s: 1986
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...
(where he scored against Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team
The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...
), 1990
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
(netting in the second-round loss against Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
) and 1994
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
, as well as two UEFA European Football Championship
UEFA European Football Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
s, 1988 and 1996.
In the 1994 World Cup quarter-final against Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
, after he had found the net in a 2–2 draw against South Korea, Salinas missed the chance to put Spain into the last four: with 1–1 and less than ten minutes to go, he marred a fast-break, with only goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca to beat. Minutes after, Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio
Roberto Baggio is a retired Italian footballer. Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of his generation, Baggio won both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. He is also one of the top 5 all-time...
sealed the 2–1 final result, as the Spaniard was ultimately more remembered for this miss rather than the massive amount of goals scored during an 18-year professional career.
Club
|-|1982/83||rowspan="4"|Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...
||rowspan="4"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||7||1||6||3||4||0||0||0||17||4
|-
|1983/84||6||0||2||2||2||1||0||0||10||3
|-
|1984/85||28||8||10||4||1||0||1||1||40||13
|-
|1985/86||27||4||6||2||0||0||3||3||36||9
|-
|1986/87||rowspan="2"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="2"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||38||15||6||2||colspan="2"|-||3||1||47||18
|-
|1987/88||37||16||5||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||42||18
|-
|1988/89||rowspan="6"|Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
||rowspan="6"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||37||20||5||4||colspan="2"|-||7||2||49||26
|-
|1989/90||34||15||7||2||colspan="2"|-||4||1||45||18
|-
|1990/91||33||11||4||4||colspan="2"|-||8||2||45||17
|-
|1991/92||17||7||2||0||colspan="2"|-||5||2||24||9
|-
|1992/93||18||5||5||5||colspan="2"|-||3||0||26||10
|-
|1993/94||7||2||4||2||colspan="2"|-||1||0||12||4
|-
|1994/95||Deportivo
Deportivo de La Coruña
Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1906 and currently playing in Segunda División...
||La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||24||12||4||4||colspan="2"|-||4||0||32||16
|-
|1995/96||rowspan="2"|Sporting Gijón
Sporting de Gijón
Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Asturias. Founded in 1 June 1905, it currently plays in Spanish first division....
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||38||18||4||4||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||42||22
|-
|1996/97||16||6||||||||||||||16||6
|-
|1997||rowspan="2"|Yokohama Marinos
Yokohama F. Marinos
is a Japanese association football team that participates in the fully professional J. League Division 1; the top Japanese professional football league. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team are based in...
||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||26||21||2||2||5||3||colspan="2"|-||33||26
|-
|1998||21||13||0||0||3||1||colspan="2"|-||24||14
|-
|1998/99||rowspan="2"|Alavés
Deportivo Alavés
Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the Basque Country. Founded in 1921, it plays in Segunda División B, holding home matches at the 19,500-seater Estadio Mendizorrotza....
||rowspan="2"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||22||4||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||4
|-
|1999/00||28||8||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||30||8
417||152||70||40||7||1||39||12||533||205
47||34||2||2||8||4||colspan="2"|-||57||40
464||186||72||42||15||5||39||12||590||245
|}
International
|-|1986||10||5
|-
|1987||2||0
|-
|1988||8||1
|-
|1989||4||1
|-
|1990||5||1
|-
|1991||0||0
|-
|1992||1||0
|-
|1993||8||7
|-
|1994||12||7
|-
|1995||4||0
|-
|1996||2||0
|-
!Total||56||22
|}
International goals
- Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 22 January 1986 Estadio Gran Canaria Estadio Gran CanariaEstadio Gran Canaria is a multi-purpose stadium in Las Palmas, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches by the UD Las Palmas team. The club had previously played at the Estadio Insular. The stadium holds 31,250 people...
, Las PalmasLas Palmas de Gran CanariaLas Palmas de Gran Canaria commonly known as Las Palmas is the political capital, jointly with Santa Cruz, the most populous city in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the ninth largest city in Spain, with a population of 383,308 in 2010. Nearly half of the people of the island...
1–0 2–0 Friendly Exhibition gameAn exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...2. 19 February 1986 Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Estadio Manuel Martínez ValeroThe Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero is located in the city Spanish in Elche in Alicante, Spain. It is a sports arena that houses matches of Elche CF, a team that is currently playing in the Liga Adelante . Its name pays tribute to the late president of the club Elche, Manuel Martinez Valero...
, Elche2–0 3–0 Friendly 3. 26 March 1986 Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cadiz CádizCadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....
3–0 3–0 Friendly 4. 7 June 1986 Estadio Tres de Marzo Estadio Tres de MarzoThe Estadio Tres de Marzo, is situated in Zapopan, Jalisco, México, district that forms part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area; it is the ground of Estudiantes Tecos; which plays in the Primera División de México...
, Zapopan2–0 2–1 1986 World Cup 1986 FIFA World CupThe 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...5. 24 September 1986 El Molinón El MolinónEstadio El Molinón is an association football stadium in Gijón, Asturias-Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Sporting de Gijón.The stadium's address is Parque de Isabel la Católica, 33390 Gijón.-History:...
, GijónGijónGijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...
1–0 3–1 Friendly 6. 24 February 1988 Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga MálagaMálaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
1–0 1–2 Friendly 7. 11 October 1989 Népstadion, Budapest BudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
1–0 2–2 1990 World Cup qualifier 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group consisted of Hungary, Malta, Northern Ireland, Spain and the Republic of Ireland....8. 26 June 1990 Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona VeronaVerona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
1–1 1–2 1990 World Cup 9. 28 April 1993 Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville SevilleSeville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
1–1 3–1 1994 World Cup qualifier 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 3)Listed below are the dates and results for Group 3 of the European zone of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament. For an overview of the entire European zone, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification ; for an overview of the entire qualification tournament, see the article 1994...10. 28 April 1993 Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville 2–1 3–1 1994 World Cup qualifier 11. 22 September 1993 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana TiranaTirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...
1–0 5–1 1994 World Cup qualifier 12. 22 September 1993 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 3–0 5–1 1994 World Cup qualifier 13. 22 September 1993 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 4–1 5–1 1994 World Cup qualifier 14. 13 October 1993 Lansdowne Road Lansdowne RoadLansdowne Road was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union that has been the location of a number of sports stadiums. It was used primarily for rugby union and for association football matches as well as some music concerts...
, Dublin2–0 3–1 1994 World Cup qualifier 15. 13 October 1993 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3–0 3–1 1994 World Cup qualifier 16. 19 January 1994 Balaídos, Vigo VigoVigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:...
1–0 2–2 Friendly 17. 2 June 1994 Ratina Stadion Ratina StadionRatina Stadion, built in 1965, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland, with a seating capacity of 17,000 people, and up to 32,000 people for concerts....
, TampereTampereTampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
2–0 2–1 Friendly 18. 10 June 1994 Claude-Robillard Complexe sportif Claude-RobillardThe Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard is a multi-purpose sport facility, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.-Overview:...
, MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
1–0 2–0 Friendly 19. 17 June 1994 Cotton Bowl Cotton Bowl (stadium)The Cotton Bowl is a stadium which opened in 1929 and became known as "The House That Doak Built" due to the immense crowds that former SMU running back Doak Walker drew to the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s. Originally known as Fair Park Stadium, it is located in Fair Park,...
, Dallas1–0 2–2 1994 World Cup 20. 12 October 1994 City Stadium of Skopje 1–0 2–0 Euro 1996 qualifier UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 2-Standings:-Results and fixtures:--------------------------------------------...21. 12 October 1994 City Stadium of Skopje 2–0 2–0 Euro 1996 qualifier 22. 17 December 1994 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Constant Vanden Stock StadiumConstant Vanden Stock Stadium is a football stadium in the municipality of Anderlecht, Brussels. It is home to R.S.C. Anderlecht. It also hosted the UEFA Euro 1972 semifinal Hungary against Soviet Union, as well as several games of the Belgium national football team.It is in 1917 that RSC...
, BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
3–1 4–1 Euro 1996 qualifier
Team
- Athletic BilbaoAthletic BilbaoAthletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...
:- La LigaLa LigaThe Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
: 1982–83, 1983–84 - Copa del ReyCopa del ReyThe Copa del Rey is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey de Fútbol ....
: 1983–84
- La Liga
- BarcelonaFC BarcelonaFutbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
:- European CupUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
: 1991–92 - UEFA Super Cup: 1992
- UEFA Cup Winners' CupUEFA Cup Winners' CupThe UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
: 1988–89 - La LigaLa LigaThe Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 - Copa del ReyCopa del ReyThe Copa del Rey is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey de Fútbol ....
: 1989–90 - Supercopa de EspañaSupercopa de EspañaThe Supercopa de España is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of La Liga and the Copa del Rey...
: 1991, 1992
- European Cup
- DeportivoDeportivo de La CoruñaReal Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1906 and currently playing in Segunda División...
:- Copa del ReyCopa del ReyThe Copa del Rey is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey de Fútbol ....
: 1994–95
- Copa del Rey
Post-retirement
Immediately after retiring, Salinas began working as a sports commentatorSports commentator
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
, first in RTVE
RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. or Corporación Radiotelevisión Española is the state-owned public corporation that assumed the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service from Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española in 2007...
, then in La Sexta
La Sexta
laSexta is the sixth nationwide broadcast television station in Spain. It is privately owned and began broadcasting in 2006.-Programming:....
, covering the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
for the latter.
Personal
Salinas' younger brother, PatxiPatxi Salinas
Francisco 'Patxi' Salinas Fernández is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.-Club career:...
, was also a professional footballer (centre back), and played for Athletic Bilbao and Celta. Both made their top level debuts in 1982–83.