Salvador Salvador
Appearance
Salvador Salvador | |||
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![]() Salvador Salvador in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Salvador Martinho Rocha Nogueira Salvador | ||
Born |
Samora Correia, Portugal | 29 July 2001||
Nationality | Portuguese | ||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Sporting CP | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2010–2014 | NA Samora Correia | ||
2014–2019 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2018– | Sporting CP | ||
2019–2020 | → Boa-Hora FC (loan) | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Portugal | 16 | (28) | |
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2024 |
Salvador Martinho Rocha Nogueira Salvador better known as Salvador Salvador (born 29 July 2001) is a Portuguese handball player for Sporting CP and the Portuguese national team.
He started playing team handball in his hometown at NA Samora Correia at the age of 8.[1]
In the 2019/20 season he was loaned out to league rivals Boa-Hora FC, where he scored 150 goals in 27 matches.[1]
In 2025 he was part of the Portugal team that reached the semifinals of the World Championship for the first time in history. They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Salvador Salvador" (in Portuguese). www.zerozero.pt. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2025.