 Salinas in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julio Salinas Fernández[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-09-11)11 September 1962 (age 63)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1981 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1984 | Bilbao Athletic | 93 | (60) |
| 1982–1986 | Athletic Bilbao | 68 | (13) |
| 1986–1988 | Atlético Madrid | 75 | (31) |
| 1988–1994 | Barcelona | 146 | (60) |
| 1994–1995 | Deportivo La Coruña | 24 | (12) |
| 1995–1996 | Sporting Gijón | 54 | (24) |
| 1997–1998 | Yokohama Marinos | 47 | (34) |
| 1998–2000 | Alavés | 50 | (12) |
| Total | 557 | (246) | |
| International career | |||
| 1983–1984 | Spain U21 | 7 | (3) |
| 1986–1996 | Spain | 56 | (22) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Julio Salinas Fernández (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈxuljosaˈlinasfeɾˈnandeθ]; born 11 September 1962) is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played during the 1980s and 1990s.
A tall, lankycentre-forward with skills, he was best remembered for his spell atBarcelona – having started his career withAthletic Bilbao – while he was also a prolific goalscorer for club andcountry.
Salinas earned 56caps for Spain, and represented the nation in threeWorld Cups and twoEuropean Championships.
Salinas was born inBilbao,Biscay, joiningAthletic Bilbao's youth academy at the age of 11.[2] In1983–84 he won thesecond division'sPichichi Trophy award, as he helpedthe reserves to finish runners-up toCastilla CF.[3] He also played 13 games for the first team over two seasons, scoring his firstLa Liga goal on 26 March 1983 in a 4–0 home win againstRC Celta de Vigo[4] as theBasques captured back-to-back league titles and added the 1984Copa del Rey.
After two more seasons with Athletic, scoring a total of 12 goals for two-third-place finishes, Salinas moved toAtlético Madrid, where he found the net at an impressive rate (this included a brace on 7 February 1988 in a 7–0 home thrashing ofRCD Mallorca).[5]
Salinas signed forFC Barcelona for1988–89,[6] linking up with several other Basque players, including veteranJosé Ramón Alexanko,José Mari Bakero,Txiki Begiristain andJon Andoni Goikoetxea – these would help form the backbone of the legendaryDream Team.[2] He scored 20 league goals in his debut campaign asBarça finished second toReal Madrid, and he also netted in both the1989 Cup Winners' Cup final againstU.C. Sampdoria[2] and in thefollowing year's domestic cup 2–0 victory over Real Madrid.[7]
In the subsequent seasons, Salinas appeared sparingly for the club due to his age and the emergence of attacking players asHristo Stoichkov, but would still manage to grab some important goals in spite of limited playing time.[8] On 30 January 1994, after coming in as a second-halfsubstitute againstAlbacete Balompié, he scored both goals in a 2–1 home win, as he only played six games more duringthe campaign,[9] with Barcelona eventually achieving four league titles in a row.[2]
Upon leavingCatalonia, Salinas joinedDeportivo de La Coruña, helping to a runner-up finish in hisonly season; although not a regular in the starting lineups he finished with 12 league goals, only surpassed by club greatBebeto.[10] As a late replacement at theCamp Nou on 3 December, he netted in a 1–1 draw after aheader fromJosé Luis Ribera.[11]
After the signing of, among others, RussianDmitry Radchenko, Salinas was deemed surplus to requirements, agreeing to a contract atSporting de Gijón where he scored 18 times in the1995–96 campaign, crucial in helping theAsturians to avoid relegation. He was held in high regards inthe city during his one-and-a-half-year spell, with the fans often singing:"Bota de oro, Salinas bota de oro!" ("Golden boot, Salinas, golden boot!").[12][13][14]
Salinas then had a stint abroad withYokohama Marinos in Japan, where he again showcased his scoring skills, rejoining his former Barcelona teammate Goikoetxea.[15][16] He then returned close to home, having spent his last two seasons withDeportivo Alavés where he scored in1999–2000's opener, a 2–1 home defeat ofMálaga CF;[17] his team finished sixth, and would go on to reachthe following year'sUEFA Cup final.[18]
On 19 May 2000, Salinas played his last professional match, scoring in a 2–1 loss at his first team Athletic Bilbao.[19] He retired at nearly 38 with 417 matches and 152 goals, in the Spanish top flight alone.[2]
Salinas represented theSpain national team over a decade, scoring 22 goals.[20] His debut was on 22 January 1986 as he netted in a 2–0friendly win over theSoviet Union, inLas Palmas.[21][22]
Salinas went on to represent the country at threeFIFA World Cups:1986 (where he scored againstNorthern Ireland),[23]1990 (netting in the second-round loss toYugoslavia) and1994, as well as twoUEFA European Championships,1988 and1996.[20]
In the 1994 World Cup quarter-final againstItaly, after he had found the net in a 2–2 draw againstSouth Korea, Salinas missed the chance to put Spain into the last-four stage. With 1–1 and less than ten minutes to go, he marred a fast-break, with onlygoalkeeperGianluca Pagliuca to beat;Roberto Baggio sealed the 2–1 final result minutes later, and the Spaniard was ultimately more remembered for this miss rather than the massive number of goals scored during an 18-year professional career.[24]
Immediately after retiring, Salinas began working as asports commentator, first forRTVE and then onlaSexta.[25]
Salinas' younger brother,Patxi, was also a professional footballer (centre-back), and played for Athletic Bilbao and Celta. Both made their top division debut in the1982–83 season.[26]
They held the record for combined appearances in the Spanish top tier by siblings with 849 matches (occasions where they both played as teammates or opponents counted for each), 86 more than the next pair,Quini andJesús Castro.[27]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 1982–83 | La Liga | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| 1983–84 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||
| 1984–85 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 14 | ||
| 1985–86 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 9 | ||
| Total | 68 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 103 | 30 | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 1986–87 | La Liga | 38 | 15 | 6 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | 47 | 18 | |
| 1987–88 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 42 | 18 | ||||
| Total | 75 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 89 | 36 | ||
| Barcelona | 1988–89 | La Liga | 37 | 20 | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | 2 | 49 | 26 | |
| 1989–90 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | 45 | 18 | |||
| 1990–91 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | 2 | 45 | 17 | |||
| 1991–92 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | 24 | 9 | |||
| 1992–93 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | |||
| 1993–94 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |||
| Total | 146 | 60 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 201 | 84 | ||
| Deportivo | 1994–95 | La Liga | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | – | 4 | 0 | 32 | 16 | |
| Sporting Gijón | 1995–96 | La Liga | 38 | 18 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 42 | 22 | ||
| 1996–97 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | ||||||
| Total | 54 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 28 | ||
| Yokohama Marinos | 1997 | J1 League | 26 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | – | 33 | 26 | |
| 1998 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 24 | 14 | |||
| Total | 47 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | – | 57 | 40 | |||
| Alavés | 1998–99 | La Liga | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 4 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 50 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 464 | 186 | 76 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 39 | 12 | 594 | 246 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1986 | 10 | 5 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 8 | 7 | |
| 1994 | 12 | 7 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 22 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 January 1986 | Estadio Gran Canaria,Las Palmas, Spain |  Soviet Union | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 19 February 1986 | Manuel Martínez Valero,Elche, Spain |  Belgium | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 26 March 1986 | Ramón de Carranza,Cádiz, Spain |  Poland | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 7 June 1986 | Tres de Marzo,Zapopan, Mexico |  Northern Ireland | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup |
| 5 | 24 September 1986 | El Molinón,Gijón, Spain |  Greece | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 6 | 24 February 1988 | La Rosaleda,Málaga, Spain |  Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 7 | 11 October 1989 | Népstadion,Budapest, Hungary |  Hungary | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1990 World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 26 June 1990 | Marc'Antonio Bentegodi,Verona, Italy |  Yugoslavia | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1990 FIFA World Cup |
| 9 | 28 April 1993 | Benito Villamarín,Seville, Spain | Northern Ireland | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1994 World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 2–1 | |||||
| 11 | 22 September 1993 | Qemal Stafa,Tirana, Albania |  Albania | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1994 World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 3–0 | |||||
| 13 | 4–1 | |||||
| 14 | 13 October 1993 | Lansdowne Road,Dublin, Republic of Ireland |  Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1994 World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 3–0 | |||||
| 16 | 19 January 1994 | Balaídos,Vigo, Spain |  Portugal | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 17 | 2 June 1994 | Ratina Stadion,Tampere, Finland |  Finland | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 18 | 10 June 1994 | Claude-Robillard,Montreal, Canada |  Canada | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 19 | 17 June 1994 | Cotton Bowl,Dallas, United States |  South Korea | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
| 20 | 12 October 1994 | City Stadium of Skopje,Skopje,Macedonia |  North Macedonia | 1–0 | 2–0 | Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 21 | 2–0 | |||||
| 22 | 17 December 1994 | Constant Vanden Stock,Brussels, Belgium | Belgium | 3–1 | 4–1 | Euro 1996 qualifying |
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