Michael Salazar
| Michael Salazar | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Michael Dwane Salazar Jr. | |
| birthday | November 15, 1992 | |
| place of birth | New York City , United States | |
| size | 180 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2011–2012 | CBU Lancers | 39 (17) |
| 2013-2015 | UC Riverside Highlanders | 36 (12) |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2014 | OC Blues Strikers FC | 3 (2) |
| 2015 | PPE Elite | |
| 2016 | → FC Montréal (loan) | 3 (0) |
| 2016-2018 | Montreal Impact | 34 (5) |
| 2017-2018 | → Ottawa Fury (loan) | 8 (2) |
| 2019 | → Rio Grande Valley FC (loan) | 24 (10) |
| 2019– | Houston Dynamo | 8 (0) |
| Rio Grande Valley FC | ||
| edit on Wikidata | ||
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2013– | Belize | 13 (2) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of May 11, 2020 2 As of May 11, 2020 |
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Michael Dwane Salazar Jr. (born November 15, 1992 in New York City ) is an American football player with Belizean roots who is used as a striker . He is currently under contract with Houston Dynamo .
Career
Until 2015: high school and college
Salazar played for the national team at Canyon Springs High School in Moreno Valley, California . He made a name for himself with good performances and became the Conference top scorer with 25 goals in one season .
Starting in 2011, Salazar studied at California Baptist University in Riverside, California , where he was called up for his university's football selection. In 2012 the selection won the Division 1 National Championship with Salazar . He also played two seasons (2014 and 2015) for the UC Riverside Highlanders , a selection team from the University of California, Riverside .
In 2014 Salazar played three times for the U23 team of the OC Pateadores Blues in the Premier Development League . In 2015 he played for PSA Elite , an amateur club in Irvine, California . With them he reached the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup .
From 2016: professional football
As part of the MLS SuperDraft 2016, Salazar was signed by the Canadian major league soccer franchise Montreal Impact . On March 1, 2016, he signed his first professional contract. He had previously scored a goal in a friendly against DC United .
He made his first game in the MLS on May 7, 2016 against the Columbus Crew , when he was substituted on seven minutes before the end (final score: 4: 4). On July 2, in the league game against New England Revolution , Salazar was on the starting line-up for the first time. He scored two goals in Montreal's 3-2 win. Salazar made a total of 17 appearances in the 2016 season , eight of them from the start, and was able to reach the play-offs with Montreal Impact .
In the following season, 2017 , Salazar was loaned to Ottawa Fury after he had previously failed to prevail at Montreal Impact. After four appearances for Ottawa and a strong impression, the loan was ended prematurely and Salazar played again for Impact. Later in the season he played regularly, so he completed 17 league appearances for Montreal by the end of the season. In 2018 Salazar was loaned to Ottawa Fury again, made four more games for the "Furies" until he seriously injured his knee and could not play any more games until the end of the year. At the end of the 2018 season , the contract between Montreal Impact and Salazar expired and he left the Canadians.
In early 2019, Salazar signed with the Rio Grande Valley Toros in the second-rate USL Championship . He drew attention to himself with very strong performances; so he scored three goals in the game against the second team of Los Angeles Galaxy . In June Salazar was therefore signed by the MLS team Houston Dynamo , but immediately loaned back to the Toros. In total, Salazar made 24 appearances (10 goals) for the Toros in the 2019 season and another seven games for Houston in the 2019 MLS season .
National team
Salazar made his debut for the Belizean national football team on June 11, 2013 , when he was used in the friendly against Guatemala (final score: 0-0). Just a few days later it was announced that Salazar had been nominated for the Belizean selection in the 2013 Gold Cup . Salazar was used in all three Belize games; the selection was eliminated in the group stages without a point and with 1:11 goals.
Private
After Salazar was born in New York City , he spent some of his childhood in San Ignacio , Belize, before moving back to the United States. He has a university degree in history .
Web links
- Michael Salazar in the database of MLSSoccer.com (English)
- Michael Salazar in the database of weltfussball.de
- Michael Salazar in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c player profile. Montreal Impact : Official website, accessed July 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Michael Salazar in the database of MLSSoccer.com (English)
- ↑ Rookie Michael Salazar is the moment for impact. In: Montreal Gazette . July 5, 2016, accessed July 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Michael Salazar shines with two goals in first start for Montreal. In: Amandala . Amandala Newspaper, July 6, 2016, accessed July 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Michael Salazar in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
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Head coach: Tab Ramos
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salazar, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Salazar, Michael Dwane Jr. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Belizean soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1992 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |