Felipe Salinas

Felipe Salinas
Personal information
Full name Felipe Alejandro Salinas Gatica
Date of birth (1982-05-12) 12 May 1982
Place of birth Quillota, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
1987–1999 San Luis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2007 San Luis 45 (1)
1999 → Manuela Figueroa (loan) – (–)
2002 → San Antonio Unido (loan) – (–)
2008–2010 Cobreloa 83 (3)
2010–2012 Unión San Felipe 49 (2)
2013–2014 Cobresal 45 (2)
2014–2015 San Luis 31 (0)
2015–2016 Everton 27 (3)
2016–2018 Unión La Calera 42 (1)
Total 322 (12)
Managerial career
2019–2021 San Luis (youth)
2020–2021 San Luis (assistant)
2022 Trasandino (assistant)
2023 San Marcos (assistant)
2023 Audax Italiano (assistant)
2024 Audax Italiano (assistant)
2025– Santiago Wanderers (youth)
2026– Santiago Wanderers (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Felipe Alejandro Salinas Gatica (born 12 May 1982) is a Chilean football coach and former player who coaches Santiago Wanderers.

He played as a defender for Cobreloa, Unión San Felipe and San Luis de Quillota. Salinas obtained his professional degree at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV) while playing for San Luis.[1][2]

Playing career

A product of San Luis de Quillota, he was loaned to Manuela Figueroa F.C. in the Chilean fourth level in 1999 before joining the first team of San Luis in 2000.[3] In 2002, he again was loaned, now to San Antonio Unido.

In the second half of 2008, Salinas was transferred to Cobreloa for play the Torneo Clausura, then managed by Marco Antonio Figueroa. During that campaign, the team reached the playoffs semifinals against Chilean powerhouse Colo-Colo. He remained at the club until the 2010 season.[4]

After spells with Unión San Felipe[5] and Cobresal,[6] Salinas returned to San Luis, where he contributed to the club's promotion by winning the 2014–15 Primera B title. Despite this, he signed for Everton for the 2015–16 Primera B season,[7] which was split into the Apertura (first half of 2015) and Clausura (second half of 2016) tournaments. He stayed with the club until the end of 2016.

At the beginning of 2017, he ended his contract with Everton and joined Unión La Calera,[8] which was also competing in Primera B at the time. There, he helped the team win the Torneo Transición, a competition introduced to transition away from European-style calendar used in Chilean football since August 2013.

Salinas remained with Unión La Calera until 2018, when he retired from professional football.

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Salinas has developed a coaching career at the youth ranks of San Luis de Quillota[9] and later as assistant coach of clubs such as San Marcos de Arica and Audax Italiano.[10]

In 2026, he led the Santiago Wanderers under-20 team at the U-20 Copa Libertadores.[11][12][13]

Personal life

During his playing career Salinas studied at university and graduated in geography.[1]

Honours

Player

San Luis de Quillota

Unión La Calera

Manager

Santiago Wanderers

References

  1. 1 2 Erlandsen, Patricio (22 March 2026). "Es el DT de moda del fútbol chileno y también geógrafo: "Me titulé mientras jugaba y estudié dos carreras más"" [He’s the hottest coach in Chilean football and also a geographer: "I graduated whilst I was playing and went on to study for two more degrees"]. En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Artífice del histórico título de Santiago Wanderers Sub20 en Copa Libertadores es alumni PUCV". Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. 23 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Felipe Salinas Gatica". LinkedIn.
  4. ↑ "Capitán de Cobreloa y duelo ante la UC: "Acá los bajamos"". La Tercera (in Spanish). 23 November 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Felipe Salinas es el nuevo refuerzo de Unión San Felipe". LOSDELROJO (in Spanish). 31 December 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "TRANSICIÓN 2013 «Otra Liguilla de Promoción»". CDCobresal.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "FELIPE SALINAS Y EL OBJETIVO DE EVERTON : "QUEREMOS EL ASCENSO DIRECTO"". ANFP (in Spanish). 22 December 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Jugador que subió con San Luis y Everton se integró a reforzar a Unión La Calera". SoyChile (in Spanish). 4 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "El Fútbol Joven debutó con victorias ante Unión La Calera". www.SanLuisSA.cl (in Spanish). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "RESOLUCIONES ADOPTADAS EN LA AUDIENCIA N°40 DEL 14 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2023" (PDF). ANFP (in Spanish). 20 November 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Pavez, Felipe (13 March 2026). "Jugó en 9 equipos, logró dos ascensos, y ahora sorprende en la Copa Libertadores Sub 20: "Soñemos en grande"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "Las confesiones de Felipe Salinas, el DT que llevó a Wanderers a la gloria: "No soporto al jugador que camina, que no lucha". En Cancha. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "Felipe Salinas, DT de Santiago Wanderers, campeón de la Copa Libertadores Sub-20: «son chicos a los que generalmente les ha costado mucho todo lo que han conseguido»". G5 Noticias. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
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