Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz
Chilean handball player (born 1989)
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Rodrigo Alonso Salinas Muñoz (born 25 February 1989) is a Chilean handball player for Bidasoa Irún and the Chilean national team.[1][2][3]
Full name
Rodrigo Alonso Salinas Muñoz
Born
25 February 1989
Viña del Mar, Chile
Viña del Mar, Chile
Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position
Right back
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Rodrigo Alonso Salinas Muñoz | ||
| Born |
25 February 1989 Viña del Mar, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bidasoa Irún | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2006-2008 | Club Winterhill | ||
2008-2010 | Escubal Badajoz | ||
2010-2011 | BM Huesca | ||
2011–2012 | CB Torrevieja | ||
2012–2014 | BM Granollers | ||
2014–2015 | CS Steaua București | ||
2015–2016 | HBC Nantes | ||
2016–2017 | Chartres Métropole | ||
2017– | Bidasoa Irún | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Chile | 128 | (440) |
Medal record | |||
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 27 January 2025 | |||
He ranked second in the 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship's top goalscorers list.
Salinas reached third place with BM Granollers in the 2013/14 season of ASOBAL, being the leading scorer on the team with 128 goals.[4]
His brother Esteban Salinas also plays handball.
Achievements
- Liga ASOBAL:
- Bronze Medalist: 2014
- División de Plata:
- Silver Medalist: 2011
- Copa del Rey de Balonmano:
- Finalist: 2014
- Pan American Handball Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2010, 2012, 2014
Individual awards
- All-Star Right Back of the Pan American Handball Championship:
- Top scorer of the 2016 World Olympic Qualification 1 with 20 goals.[5]
- 2020 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship: Best right back
- 2022 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship: Best right back
