Sergio Salas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sergio Salas Quinteros | ||
Date of birth | March 22, 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Cochabamba, Bolivia | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | West Texas United Sockers | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000 | D.C. United | 1 | (0) |
2000 | → MLS Pro 40 (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2002–2004 | Northern Virginia Royals | 37 | (6) |
2005–2006 | Club Aurora | 9 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Municipal Real Mamore | 10 | (2) |
2007 | Indios USA | ||
2008 | Club Aurora | ||
2009 | West Texas United Sockers | 4 | (0) |
2009 | Real Maryland Monarchs | 3 | (0) |
2011– | West Texas United Sockers | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 21, 2011 |
Sergio Salas (born March 21, 1981 in Cochabamba) is a Bolivian footballer who currently plays for West Texas United Sockers in the USL Second Division.
Career
Youth
Salas moved from his native Bolivia to the United States as a child, settling with his family in McLean, Virginia. He attended Mclean High School, but chose to not to play college soccer, instead turning professional straight out high school when he signed a Project-40 contract with Major League Soccer.
Professional
Salas was drafted in the third round (27th overall) of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United.[1] He spent most of the season on loan to MLS Pro 40,[2] but played one game, 18 minutes in total for D.C. before being released at the end of the season. Following his release from DC, Salas bounced around the American lower-leagues, playing for Northern Virginia Royals in the USL Second Division, and the amateur Indios USA in the National Premier Soccer League, before signing on with Bolivian pro team Club Aurora in 2005. In 2006 Salas joined Municipal Real Mamore on a one-year loan. That year the Team won the Bolivian 2nd division tournament Simon Bolivar and won promotion to 1st division.
Salas returned to the United States in 2009 to play for the West Texas United Sockers in the USL Premier Development League,[3] before moving to the Real Maryland Monarchs in the USL Second Division.[4]
References
External links
- Real Maryland Monarchs bio
- Sergio Salas at Major League Soccer
- BDFA profile (in Spanish)
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Cochabamba
- Bolivian footballers
- Club Aurora players
- D.C. United players
- Northern Virginia Royals players
- Midland/Odessa Sockers players
- Real Maryland F.C. players
- Major League Soccer players
- USL Second Division players
- USL League Two players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Bolivian expatriate footballers
- Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- USL Pro Soccer League players
- USL A-League players
- MLS Pro-40 players
- USL D-3 Pro League players
- D.C. United draft picks
- Association football midfielders