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José Marcelo Salas Melinao (born December
24, 1974#Notes|1 in Temuco), better
known as Marcelo Salas, is a football
(soccer)|football player from Chile. He, with
Elías Figueroa and Iván Zamorano have been two
of Chile's most recognized soccer players. 

Salas debuted playing for the Universidad de Chile
(football club)|Universidad de Chile in 1993. In
1996, Salas went on to play with Club Atlético
River Plate|River Plate of the Argentina|Argentine
first division. That year also, he helped his team
in Chile win the national championship. In 1998,
he participated with Chile national football
team|Chile in the Football World Cup 1998|World
Cup, after his run at River Plate was over.

Salas then played in Italy for five years, three
with S.S. Lazio (1998-2001) and two with Juventus
(2001-03), before coming back to River Plate. With
the Chilean national team, he has 35 goals (a
national record) in 65 games (as of May 2005).

In late July 2005, it was confirmed that he would
return to his original football team, Universidad
de Chile (football club)|Universidad de Chile, on
late July 2005.
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1 Some records suggest 1976 as his
birth year, however, most records, including his
playing records, indicate that he was born in
1974.