Andrés Salazar

Andrés Salazar Osorio (born 15 January 2003) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays as a left-back for Atlético Nacional and the Colombia national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salazar and the second or maternal family name is Osorio.
Andrés Salazar
Personal information
Full name Andrés Salazar Osorio[1]
Date of birth (2003-01-15) 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
 Atlético Nacional
Number 4
Youth career
Manantiales
Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Atlético Nacional 3 (0)
2021 → Valledupar (loan) 9 (1)
2022 → Fortaleza C.E.I.F. (loan) 26 (1)
International career‡
2021– Colombia U20 30 (1)
2023– Colombia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:53, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:36, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Salazar was born in Guarne in the Antioquia Department, and grew up in the Camilo Torres de Guarne neighbourhood.[2]

Club career

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]

International career

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

Club
As of 2 June 2023.[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Nacional 2023 Categoría Primera A 7000[lower-alpha 1]4000110
total 70004000110
Valledupar (loan) 2021 Categoría Primera B 912[lower-alpha 2]0–00111
Fortaleza C.E.I.F. (loan) 2022 2614[lower-alpha 2]0–00301
Career total 422604000522
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  2. Appearances in the Copa Colombia

References
  1. Andrés Salazar at WorldFootball.net
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "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.
  6. 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.
  7. Andrés Salazar at Soccerway
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