Argentine affiliation football player

Eduardo Antonio Salvio ( natural 13 July 1990 ) is an Argentine professional football player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Boca Juniors. Salvio started his career with Lanús in 2008. After moving to Europe in 2010, he won two UEFA Europa League, with spanish golf club Atlético Madrid, and four Primeira Liga titles, two Taça de Portugal, four Taça district attorney Liga and three Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, with Benfica in Portugal.

An Argentine external, Salvio has represented his area since 2009 .

Club career [edit ]

Lanús [edit ]

Salvio was born in Avellaneda, a port city in the state of Buenos Aires. At merely 17, he was promoted to the first base team of Club Atlético Lanús for the 2007 Apertura, but did not appear in any games in the tournament as the Granate finished in peak position. Salvio made his debut for Lanús ‘ first team on 24 August 2008, in a game against Boca Juniors. He scored his first finish ( s ) for the club in a 4–2 acquire against Argentinos Juniors, precisely two months late. [ 3 ] Overall, he netted nine goals in the season as the team finished fourthly overall, and was besides its joint-leading goal scorer, along with José Sand. On 19 August 2009 Salvio scored twice in the first leg of Lanús ‘ first stage Copa Sudamericana match, netting two late goals to help his team total from behind to defeat River Plate ( 2–1 away win, 3–1 on sum ). [ 4 ] In early January 2010, after months of speculation, he signed for Atlético Madrid in Spain, for a reported transportation fee of €10 million. [ 5 ]

Atlético Madrid [edit ]

Salvio made his official debut for Atlético in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League against Galatasaray on 18 February 2010, and scored his first goals for the Colchoneros in a 3–1 La Liga home acquire over Tenerife on 25 April. [ 6 ] On 12 May he appeared as a ersatz in the Europa League final against Fulham, coming on as a substitute for José Antonio Reyes in the 76th minute of the 2–1 prevail. [ 7 ] On 19 August 2010, after speculation linked him to several clubs, largely in Spain but besides in Portugal, [ 8 ] Benfica and Atlético Madrid agreed on a season -long loan for Salvio, with the Lisbon club besides buying 20 % of his rights for €2.5 million. [ 9 ] On 18 December he opened his finish scoring for Benfica, scoring twice in a 5–2 home win against Rio Ave. After a relatively boring originate to Portuguese football, Salvio became a even fixture for Benfica in the second part of the campaign, partnering several compatriots in the team and normally appearing as a right winger. On 20 February 2011 he scored the first gear goal in a 2–0 away win against city rivals Sporting [ 10 ] and, three days former, he netted his first goal in european rival, with an impressive 20-yard strike against Stuttgart in the Europa League ‘s round of 32 ( 2–0 away success, 4–1 on aggregate ) ; [ 11 ] to finalize that workweek, in a home league match against Marítimo, he scored the equalizer minutes after the away slope opened the marking, in an eventual 2–1 home succeed, and finished the political campaign with 39 official games and ten successful strikes. Salvio officially returned to Atlético on 19 May to begin his reclamation on a calf injury sustained whilst even at Benfica, in a Europa League game against PSV. [ 12 ] He continued to be regularly played by both Gregorio Manzano and his successor, compatriot Diego Simeone. In March 2012, in two games separated by lone five days, Salvio scored three goals : he started with a rare header to put the visitors ahead at Sevilla in an eventual 1–1 attract, [ 13 ] then added a couple in a 3–1 home acquire against Beşiktaş in the crusade ‘s Europa League. [ 14 ]

Benfica [edit ]

On 31 July 2012, Benfica and Atlético Madrid agreed on Salvio transferring permanently to the portuguese side for five years, with Benfica paying a reported €11 million for eighty percentage of his economic rights. With the remaining twenty already owned by them, Salvio transfer summed up a then cabaret record €13.5 million – surpassing the previous record of €12 million paid to Barcelona to acquire the services of Simão Sabrosa in 2001. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] He marked his rejoinder in style, scoring the first of a 2–2 home draw against Braga on 18 August. [ 17 ] He scored a career senior high school, thirteen goals throughout the 2012–13 temper. On 31 August 2013, former into the inaugural half of a local bowler hat at Sporting, Salvio suffered a severe anterior cruciate ligament ( ACL ) injury to his properly knee, going on to miss several months. [ 18 ] It was his second base good injury in merely two years ( the first, in his foot, besides at the avail of Benfica ). [ 19 ] He marked his return from injury in less than six months, playing the concluding 15 minutes of a 1–0 UEFA Europa League win against PAOK [ 20 ] Salvio scored his first goal of the campaign on 3 April 2014, netting the game ‘s only in an away achiever over AZ Alkmaar, for the same competition. [ 21 ] His only early goal that came against Porto in the portuguese Cup semi-finals as Benfica reached the final examination with a 3–1 victory. [ 22 ] On 20 April 2014, he suffered another injury, this prison term breaking his arm in a 2–0 acquire against Olhanense, as Benfica clinched their 33rd league claim in the lapp day. Although being expected to be out for the remainder of the season, [ 23 ] he returned to the fields precisely ten days late, coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 draw against Juventus, with Benfica reaching their second straight UEFA Europa League final. [ 24 ] Although Salvio ‘s season was injury-plagued, he enjoyed great success as the club won the domestic treble. [ 25 ] Salvio started the newfangled season with goals against Paços de Ferreira [ 26 ] and Vitória Sétubal. [ 27 ] He scored his only european finish of the season, against Bayer Leverkusen on 1 October 2014. [ 28 ] Four days former, he scored his third league finish of the season, against Arouca, and made one aid in a 4–0 home acquire. [ 29 ] On 22 November, he scored twice in a 4–1 win against Moreirense in the fourth round of portuguese Cup. On 18 January 2015, Salvio scored doubly at Marítimo ( 0–4 ) in Primeira Liga. [ 30 ] He again suffered an injury on the final day of the season, as he once again tore his ACL on his proper knee, which caused him to miss most of the 2015–16 season. [ 31 ]

Salvio returned from injury on 12 February 2016, as a substitute in a 2–1 family loss to Porto. He by and large made sporadic ersatz appearances in the final three months of the season, as he failed to regain his true form. however, he was still able to celebrate another league and league cup triumph. On 16 June 2016, Salvio renewed his contract with Benfica for two more seasons. [ 32 ] On 28 October, after scoring the second goal in a 3–0 winnings against Paços de Ferreira, Salvio became the Argentine musician with the most goals scored for Benfica ( 42 ), surpassing former teammate Nicolás Gaitán. [ 33 ] On 12 December, he scored his third gear career goal against city rivals Sporting and, during the second half, once again suffered a good injury, this fourth dimension dislocating his right shoulder. [ 34 ] He recovered less than a calendar month and helped the clubhouse to their fourth straight league title. On 29 May 2017, during the 2017 Taça de Portugal Final, he scored a header against Vitória de Guimarães. During the 2017–18 season, Salvio scored 9 goals in 26 appearances, finishing as the golf club ‘s second top scorer, behind Jonas. [ 35 ]

Boca Juniors [edit ]

On 18 July 2019, Benfica announced that Salvio had returned to his home country to join Boca Juniors. [ 36 ]

International career [edit ]

Salvio playing for Argentina in 2012 In January 2009, Salvio was selected to join the Argentina under-20 squad for the 2009 South american Youth Championship in Venezuela. The national team underperformed in the championship, failing to qualify to that year ‘s FIFA U-20 World Cup, frankincense being ineffective to defend its 2007 championship. On 20 May 2009, aged 18, Salvio made his full international introduction in a friendly match with Panama. The Argentine side, made up of players based in the Argentine Primera División, won it 3–1. [ 37 ] He besides played against Chile in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] In May 2018, Salvio was named in Argentina ‘s 23-man team for the FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 40 ] He featured in the team ‘s beginning two matches, playing as a right-back. [ 41 ]

career statistics [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

As of match played 30 May 2021[42][43][44]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lanús 2008–09 Primera División 29 9 0 0 — 2 0 31 9
2009–10 12 2 0 0 — 4 2 16 4
Total 41 11 0 0 — — 6 2 47 13
Atlético Madrid 2009–10 La Liga 13 2 0 0 — 8 0 21 2
2011–12 30 3 2 0 — 16 5 48 8
Total 43 5 2 0 — — 24 5 69 10
Benfica 2010–11[a] Primeira Liga 19 4 5 1 4 2 11 3 39 10
2012–13 29 10 6 2 3 0 13 1 51 13
2013–14 12 0 3 1 1 0 6 1 22 2
2014–15 29 9 2[b] 2 2 1 5 1 38 13
2015–16 8 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 12 0
2016–17 29 4 4[b] 1 1 1 8 3 42 9
2017–18 26 9 2[b] 0 1 0 5 0 34 9
2018–19 14 2 2 0 3 1 9 3 28 6
Total 166 38 25 7 15 5 60 12 266 62
Boca Juniors 2019–20 Primera División 17 6 1 0 — 5 1 23 7
2020 6 0 0 0 — 11 6 17 6
2021 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Total 26 6 1 0 1 0 16 7 44 13
Career total 276 60 28 7 16 5 106 26 426 98

International [edit ]

As of match played 8 October 2020[45]
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2009 1 0
2011 2 0
2012 2 0
2017 3 0
2018 5 0
2020 1 0
Total 14 0

Honours [edit ]

Atlético Madrid [ 43 ]
Benfica [ 43 ]
Boca Juniors [ 43 ]
Individual

References [edit ]