Francisco Salinas
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 Salinas with Unión La Calera in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Antonio Salinas Concha | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | San Felipe, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Coquimbo Unido | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2023 | Unión San Felipe | 113 | (4) |
| 2023 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2024– | Coquimbo Unido | 51 | (7) |
| 2024 | → Unión San Felipe (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Chile | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2025 | |||
Francisco Antonio Salinas Concha (born 4 December 1999) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right-back for Coquimbo Unido in the Chilean Primera División.
Born in San Felipe, Chile, Salinas came to the Unión San Felipe youth system in 2014 and signed his first professional contract in January 2019.[2][3] Despite he was with the first team since 2017 as a substitute player,[4] he made his debut in the first matchday of the 2019 season against Barnechea on 16 February.[5]
A regular player for four seasons with Unión San Felipe, he was loaned out to Unión La Calera in the Chilean top division for the 2023 season,[6] making his debut in a friendly match against River Plate on 22 December 2022.[7][8] At league level, he made twenty five appearances, scored two goals and made three assists.[9]
In 2024, Salinas moved to Coquimbo Unido in the same division, a club qualified to the Copa Sudamericana.[9][10] After a brief stint on loan with Unión San Felipe in the second half of 2024, he returned to Coquimbo Unido for the 2025 season.[11][12][13] and won the 2025 league title, the first one for the club.[14]
International career
Salinas received his first call up to the Chile national team for the friendly match against Peru on 10 October 2025.[12][15] He made his debut in the friendly against Russia on 15 November 2025.[16]
Personal life
Salinas is nicknamed Coreano (Korean) due to his resemblance to Asian people.[7][10]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 18 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |