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Camilo Saldaña

Camilo Ignacio Saldaña Inostroza (Arabic: كاميلو سالدانيا; born 13 July 1999) is a footballer who plays as a left-back for Libyan club Al-Madina SC.[2] Born in Chile, he plays for the Palestine national team.

Club career

Saldaña was with Colo-Colo until the under-13 team before joining the Palestino youth system. He made his senior debut with Palestino at the age of 17.[3] Subsequently, he was loaned out to Santiago Morning, Rangers de Talca[4] and Barnechea.[5]

In 2023, Saldaña signed with Unión San Felipe.[6]

In 2024, he moved abroad and joined Libyan club Al-Shomooa SC alongside his Palestinian-Chilean compatriot Jonathan Cantillana.[7]

International career

Born in Chile, Saldaña is of Palestinian descent. In June 2018, he played in a friendly for the Chile U20s in a friendly 2–0 loss to the Uruguay U20s.[8] He was called up to the Palestine national team for a set of friendlies in September 2023.[9] He debuted for Palestine in a friendly 2–1 loss to Oman on 6 September 2023.[10]

Honours

Palestino

References

  1. ^ "Camilo Saldaña". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. ^ Camilo Saldaña at Soccerway
  3. ^ Ilic, Gabriel (14 November 2023). "Estuvo en La Roja y ahora se perderá la Liguilla de Primera B por defender a Palestina en Eliminatorias". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Formado en Palestino es la décima incorporación del Rojinegro". Pasión Por Los Deportes (in Spanish). 25 February 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Barnechea podría sumar a un lateral y tiene a prueba a delantero paraguayo". OneFootball (in Spanish). 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  6. ^ Cornejo, Eugenio (26 December 2022). "Unión San Felipe promete equipo 'que moje la camiseta'". Fuerza Informativa Aconcagua (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  7. ^ @futchile_oficial (29 February 2024). "¡¡Destino Africa 🛫!!" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2024 – via Instagram.
  8. ^ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "[Audio] Camilo Saldaña y se debut en la Roja sub 20: Estoy orgulloso de representar a mi país". alairelibre.cl.
  9. ^ "Palestine Squad to face Oman and Vietnam announced". 1 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Rapid Reaction: Oman 2:1 Palestine (International Friendly)". 6 September 2023.