Patxi Salinas

Patxi Salinas

Personal information
Full name	Francisco Salinas Fernández
Date of birth	(1963-11-17) 17 November 1963
Place of birth	Bilbao, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1980–1981	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1984	Bilbao Athletic	69	(6)
1982–1992	Athletic Bilbao	239	(7)
1992–1998	Celta	193	(4)
Total		501	(17)
International career
1981–1982	Spain U18	6	(0)
1984–1986	Spain U21	12	(0)
1987–1988	Spain U23	3	(0)
1984	Spain amateur	1	(0)
1988	Spain	2	(0)
Managerial career
1999–2000	Celta (youth)
2000–2001	Basque Country (beach soccer)
2003–2005	Porriño
2005	Gramenet
2009–2010	Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2011	Ourense
2012–2013	Melita
2013–2014	Sant Andreu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Salinas and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Francisco 'Patxi' Salinas Fernández (born 17 November 1963) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

He amassed La Liga totals of 432 games and 11 goals over the course of 16 seasons, with Athletic Bilbao and Celta, winning two national championships with the former club. Subsequently, he worked as a manager.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Salinas emerged through Athletic Bilbao's youth ranks, and appeared in 14 La Liga matches in the 1983–84 season as the team managed to conquer the double. In the following campaign he became a regular fixture with the Basque alongside another Lezama graduate, Genar Andrinúa; he made his league debut on 10 November 1982, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against UD Salamanca.

In the 1992 summer Salinas moved to Celta de Vigo, where he proceeded to post equally impressive numbers during his six-season spell – always in the top level – retiring from the game at almost 35. Subsequently, he had brief stints at coaching (UDA Gramenet) and directing (Rápido de Bouzas); as a manager, in quick succession, he also worked with Athletic's youth teams, CD Ourense, Melita FC (Maltese Premier League) and UE Sant Andreu.

International career

During a one-month span Salinas gained two caps for Spain, both in friendlies. His debut was on 14 September 1988 in a 1–2 loss with Yugoslavia, in Oviedo.

Personal life

Salinas' older brother, Julio, was also a professional footballer (centre forward), and played most notably for Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona. Both made their top level debuts in the 1982–83 season.

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

• La Liga: 1982–83, 1983–84
• Copa del Rey: 1983–84; Runner-up 1984–85
• Supercopa de España: 1984

Celta

• Copa del Rey: Runner-up 1993–94

External links

• Patxi Salinas profile at BDFutbol
• Patxi Salinas manager profile at BDFutbol
• Athletic Bilbao profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Patxi Salinas at National-Football-Teams.com

• 0–1: Inoperante Salamanca (0–1: Inefficient Salamanca); Mundo Deportivo, 11 November 1982 (Spanish)
• Patxi Salinas; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 21 April 2008 (Spanish)
• 'Nanu' Soler y Patxi Salinas entrenarán en Tercera ('Nanu' Soler and Patxi Salinas will coach in Tercera); Marca, 22 June 2011 (Spanish)
• Melita go Spanish as Salinas gets coaching job; Times of Malta, 9 November 2012
• Patxi Salinas será el entrenador del Sant Andreu (Patxi Salinas will be Sant Andreu manager); Mundo Deportivo, 2 June 2013 (Spanish)
• 1–2: Adiós a la "flor"... (1–2: Farewell to the "flower"...); Mundo Deportivo, 15 September 1988 (Spanish)
• La 'vendetta' de los hermanos Salinas (The Salinas brothers' 'vendetta'); El País, 15 October 1995 (Spanish)