Yahir Salazar

Yahir Salazar
Personal information
Full name Yahir Aaron Salazar Mondaca
Date of birth (2005-01-19) 19 January 2005
Place of birth Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Deportes La Serena
(on loan from Universidad de Chile)
Number 17
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Universidad de Chile 1 (0)
2023 → Huachipato (loan) 0 (0)
2024 → San Luis (loan) 9 (0)
2025 → Audax Italiano (loan) 4 (0)
2026– → Deportes La Serena (loan) 10 (0)
International career‡
2021–2025 Chile U20 23 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 April 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 April 2026

Yahir Aaron Salazar Mondaca (born 19 November 2005) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a Defender for Deportes La Serena on loan from Universidad de Chile. He can operate as a left-back or a centre-back.

Club career

A product of Universidad de Chile,[2] Salazar was promoted to the first team in 2022 under Diego López[3] and made his professional debut in the 4–0 away loss against Huachipato for the Chilean Primera División on 30 October of the same year.[4]

In 2023, Salazar was loaned to Huachipato, but he returned to Universidad de Chile in August of the same year.[5] The next year, he was loaned out to San Luis de Quillota in the Primera B de Chile.[6]

The next two seasons, Salazar was loaned out to Audax Italiano[7] and Deportes La Serena.[8]

International career

Salazar took part in trainings with Chile U17.[4]

Salazar has represented Chile U20 in several friendlies between 2021 and 2024.[9][10][11] In official championships, he represented them in the 2022 South American Games[12] and the South American Championship in 2023[4] and 2025.[13]

Personal life

Salazar was a partner of Catalina Díaz, sister of Chile international footballer Paulo Díaz.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Yahir Salazar » Perfil". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "🎥 Yahir Salazar, capitán de la Sub 14, habló con el Club y repasó sus años como jugador azul" (in Spanish). Club Universidad de Chile. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "¿Quién es Yahir Salazar? El juvenil de 17 años por el que apostó Diego López en la U". T13 (in Spanish). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Rubio, Jorge (27 January 2023). "Cuñado de Paulo Díaz reforzará la defensa de la Sub 20 de Chile en la "final" contra Venezuela". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Aliaga, Martín (11 August 2023). "La razón por la que la U decidió el regreso de Yahir Salazar". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "San Luis de Quillota contrató a jugador proveniente de la Universidad de Chile". SoyChile (in Spanish). SoyQuillota. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  7. ↑ Rodríguez Góngora, Elizabeth (25 February 2025). "¿Quién es Yahir Salazar, la promesa de la Selección Chilena que se suma como refuerzo a Audax Italiano?". TOP Mercato (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Arriaza, Bastian (24 March 2026). ""Me tocó llorar y jugar poco, pero ahora estoy bien... Salir de la U me sirvió"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Chile ganó con un golazo y estrenó al delantero multinacional". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2026. ➡️Jordhy Thompson, Sebastián Pineau y Yahir Salazar
  10. ↑ "Chile Sub 20: La roja perdió en un partido amistoso contra paraguay". ESPN (in Spanish). 8 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2026. formación de La Roja Sub 20 fue con Eduardo Villanueva en el arco, Maximiliano Gutiérrez, Yahir Salazar,
  11. ↑ "La Roja sub 20 entregó la nómina para sus amistosos contra Estados Unidos". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 8 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "La Roja presenta sus nóminas para los Juegos Odesur 2022". Diario AS (in Spanish). 29 September 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.


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