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Andrés Salazar Osorio (born 15 January 2003) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian, on loan from Categoría Primera A club Atlético Nacional. He has also represented Colombia at senior international level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrés Salazar Osorio[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Guarne, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Heart of Midlothian (on loan from Atlético Nacional) | ||
| Number | 80 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Manantiales | |||
| Atlético Nacional | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Atlético Nacional | 22 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Valledupar (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Fortaleza CEIF (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 2024– | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Colombia U20 | 30 | (1) |
| 2023– | Colombia | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:36, 16 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Salazar was born in Guarne in the Antioquia Department, and grew up in the Camilo Torres de Guarne neighbourhood.[2]
Salazar started his career with grassroots side Manantiales, before moving to professional side Atlético Nacional.[2] While in the academy, he suffered a potentially career-threatening injury, but was able to overcome it to continue his development.[3] He was loaned to Categoría Primera B sides Valledupar and Fortaleza C.E.I.F. for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, respectively.[2]
In a Categoría Primera A match between Atlético Nacional and América de Cali, Salazar injured América de Cali's Spanish forward Iago Falque with a strong challenge. He received criticism for the perceived malice in his challenge, which Salazar denied, stating that there was "no bad intention" and that he hoped Falque "recovers soon".[4] Falque himself would go on to state that Salazar had sent him a message to apologise, and that he had forgiven him for the incident, describing the injury as "involuntary".[5]
Following impressive performances with the Colombia under-20 squad, Salazar was linked with a move to Mexican side Club América.[6]
On 15 August 2024, Salazar joined Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian on a season-long loan deal.[7]
Salazar has represented Colombia at under-20 level.[1] He made his debut for the senior team on 16 June 2023 in a 1–0 win against Iraq.
Club
- As of 2 June 2023.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético Nacional | 2023 | Categoría Primera A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [lower-alpha 1]4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | Categoría Primera A | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| total | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Valledupar (loan) | 2021 | Categoría Primera B | 9 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Fortaleza C.E.I.F. (loan) | 2022 | 26 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 57 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3 | ||
- Notes
- Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
- Appearances in the Copa Colombia
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