# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcelo-salas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:34:27.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcelo-salas"
name: "Marcelo Salas"
slug: "marcelo-salas"
description: "José Marcelo Salas Melinao, nicknamed Matador, El Fenómeno and Shileno, is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker. Salas is considered the best striker in the history of Chile. He stood out during the 1990s and 2000s in clubs such as Universidad de Chile, River Plate, Lazio and Juventus. He was the captain of the Chile national team and the top scorer – scoring 45 goals in total: 37 goals for the Chile national football team and 8 goals with the Chile Olympic football team."
tagline: "Chilean footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcelo_Salas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1974-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.58
  momentum:             1.041373603640877
  historical:           22.09406533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/marcelosalas11/"
    handle:    "marcelosalas11"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.marcelosalas.cl/"
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    title: "Մարսելո Սալաս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marcelo Salas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump