 Salvio withArgentina at the2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduardo Antonio Salvio[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-07-13)13 July 1990 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Avellaneda, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lanús | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2008 | Lanús | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Lanús | 41 | (11) |
| 2010–2012 | Atlético Madrid | 44 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | →Benfica (loan) | 19 | (4) |
| 2012–2019 | Benfica | 147 | (34) |
| 2019–2022 | Boca Juniors | 44 | (10) |
| 2022–2024 | UNAM | 61 | (14) |
| 2024– | Lanús | 51 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Argentina U17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Argentina U20 | 9 | (4) |
| 2009–2020 | Argentina | 14 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:58, 15 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 October 2020 | |||
Eduardo Antonio Salvio (born 13 July 1990) is an Argentine professionalfootballer who plays as awinger forLanús.
Salvio started his career with Lanús in 2008. After moving to Europe in 2010, he won twoUEFA Europa League, with Spanish clubAtlético Madrid, and fivePrimeira Liga titles, twoTaça de Portugal, fourTaça da Liga and threeSupertaça Cândido de Oliveira, withBenfica in Portugal.
An Argentine international, Salvio has represented his country from 2009 to 2020.
Salvio was born inAvellaneda, a port city in theprovince ofBuenos Aires. At only 17, he was promoted to the first team ofClub Atlético Lanús for the2007 Apertura, but did not appear in any games in the tournament as theGranate finished in top position.
Salvio made his debut for Lanús' first team on 24 August 2008, in a game againstBoca Juniors. He scored his first goal(s) for the club in a 4–2 win againstArgentinos Juniors, exactly two months later.[3] Overall, he netted nine goals inthe season as the team finished fourth overall, and was also its joint-leading goal scorer, along withJosé Sand.
On 19 August 2009, Salvio scored twice in the first leg of Lanús'first stageCopa Sudamericana match, netting two late goals to help his team come from behind to defeatRiver Plate (2–1 away win, 3–1 on aggregate).[4] In early January 2010, after months of speculation, he signed forAtlético Madrid in Spain, for a reported transfer fee of €10 million.[5]
Salvio made his official debut for Atlético in the2009–10 UEFA Europa League againstGalatasaray on 18 February 2010, and scored his first goals for theColchoneros in a 3–1La Liga home win overTenerife on 25 April.[6] On 12 May he appeared as asubstitute in theEuropa League final againstFulham, replacingJosé Antonio Reyes in the 76th minute of the 2–1 triumph.[7]
On 19 August 2010, after speculation linked him to several clubs, mostly in Spain but also in Portugal,[8]Benfica and Atlético Madrid agreed on aseason-long loan for Salvio, with theLisbon club also buying 20% of his rights for €2.5 million.[9] On 18 December he opened his goal scoring for Benfica, scoring twice in a 5–2 home win againstRio Ave.
After a relatively slow start toPortuguese football, Salvio became a regular fixture for Benfica in the second part of the campaign, partnering several compatriots in the squad and usually appearing as aright winger. On 20 February 2011 he scored the first goal in a 2–0 away win against city rivalsSporting[10] and, three days later, he netted his first goal in European competition, with an impressive 20-yard strike againstStuttgart in theEuropa League's round of 32 (2–0 away success, 4–1 on aggregate);[11] to finalize that week, in a homeleague match againstMarítimo, he scored the equalizer minutes after the away side opened the scoring, in an eventual 2–1 home win, and finished the campaign with 39 official games and ten successful strikes.
Salvio officially returned to Atlético on 19 May to begin his rehabilitation on acalf injury sustained whilst still at Benfica, in a Europa League game againstPSV.[12] He continued to be regularly played by bothGregorio Manzano and his successor, compatriotDiego Simeone.
In March 2012, in two games separated by only five days, Salvio scored three goals: he started with a rare header to put the visitors ahead atSevilla in an eventual 1–1 draw,[13] then added a brace in a 3–1 home win againstBeşiktaş inthe campaign's Europa League.[14]
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 percent of his economic rights. With the remaining twenty already owned by them, Salvio transfer summed up a then club record €13.5 million – surpassing the previous record of €12 million paid toBarcelona to acquire the services ofSimão Sabrosa in 2001.[15][16] He marked his comeback in style, scoring the first of a 2–2 home draw againstBraga on 18 August.[17] He scored a career high, thirteen goals throughout the2012–13 season.
On 31 August 2013, late into the first half of aLisbon derby at Sporting, Salvio suffered a severeanterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury to his right knee, going on to miss several months.[18] It was his second serious injury in only two years (the first, in his foot, also at the service of Benfica).[19] He marked his return from injury in less than six months, playing the last 15 minutes of a 1–0UEFA Europa League win againstPAOK[20]
Salvio scored his first goal ofthe campaign on 3 April 2014, netting the game's only in an away success overAZ Alkmaar, for the same competition.[21] His only other goal that came againstPorto in thePortuguese Cup semi-finals as Benfica reached the final with a 3–1 victory.[22] On 20 April 2014, he suffered another injury, this time breaking his arm in a 2–0 win againstOlhanense, as Benfica clinched their 33rd league title in the same day. Although being expected to be out for the remainder of the season,[23] he returned to the fields just ten days later, coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 draw againstJuventus, with Benfica reaching theirsecond consecutive UEFA Europa League final.[24] Although Salvio's season was injury-plagued, he enjoyed great success as the club won thedomestic treble.[25]
Salvio started thenew season with goals againstPaços de Ferreira[26] andVitória Sétubal.[27] He scored his onlyEuropean goal of the season, againstBayer Leverkusen on 1 October 2014.[28] Four days later, he scored his third league goal of the season, againstArouca, and made one assist in a 4–0 home win.[29] On 22 November, he scored twice in a 4–1 win againstMoreirense in thefourth round ofPortuguese Cup. On 18 January 2015, Salvio scored twice 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 right knee, which caused him to miss most of the2015–16 season.[31]
Salvio returned from injury on 12 February 2016, as a substitute in a 2–1 home loss to Porto. He mostly made sporadic substitute appearances in the final three months of the season, as he failed to regain his true form. However, he was still able to celebrate anotherleague andleague cup triumphs.
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 win against Paços de Ferreira, Salvio became the Argentine player with the most goals scored for Benfica (42), surpassing former teammateNicolás Gaitán.[33] On 12 December, he scored his third career goal against city rivals Sporting and, during the second half, once again suffered a serious injury, this time dislocating his right shoulder.[34] He recovered less than a month and helped the club to their fourth straight league title. On 29 May 2017, during the2017 Taça de Portugal Final, he scored a header againstVitória de Guimarães.
During the2017–18 season, Salvio scored 9 goals in 26 appearances, finishing as the club's second top scorer, behindJonas.[35]
On 18 July 2019, Benfica announced that Salvio had returned to his home country to joinBoca Juniors.[36]
On 4 July 2022, Salvio was announced as new player of Mexican side UNAM Pumas for the Apertura 2022.
On 2 July 2024, Salvio returned toLanús.[37]
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In January 2009, Salvio was selected to join theArgentina under-20 squad for the2009 South American Youth Championship in Venezuela. The national team underperformed in the championship, failing to qualify tothat year'sFIFA U-20 World Cup, thus being unable to defend its2007 title.
On 20 May 2009, aged 18, Salvio made hisfull international debut in afriendly match withPanama. The Argentine side, made up of players based in theArgentine Primera División, won it 3–1.[38] He also played againstChile in a2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match.[39][40]
In May 2018, Salvio was named in Argentina's 23-man squad for theFIFA World Cup in Russia.[41] He featured in the team's first two matches, playing as a right-back.[42]
| 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 | |
| 2020–21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | 6 | 18 | 7 | |||
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 4 | ||
| Total | 44 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 73 | 19 | ||
| UNAM | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 27 | 9 | — | — | 4[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 40 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 67 | 15 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 71 | 15 | ||||
| Lanús | 2024 | Primera División | 18 | 4 | — | — | 4[d] | 0 | 22 | 4 | ||
| 2025 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 13 | 2 | 49 | 8 | |||
| Total | 51 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 17 | 2 | 74 | 12 | |||
| Career total | 412 | 92 | 34 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 137 | 29 | 597 | 132 | ||
| 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 | |
Atlético Madrid[44]
Benfica[44]
Boca Juniors[44]
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