Yahir Salazar

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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. 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.