Facundo Salinas

Striker - Vélez
18 Nov 2026
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Facundo Salinas

16 Edition

The Vélez Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

28 days out for Uriel Monzón after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Vélez will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

Tempers go at Vélez

Emanuel Mammana was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Words at Vélez training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elías Gómez is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

A promise honoured for Aarón Quiros

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Vélez told Aarón Quiros something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Squad

Ulises Piedrabuena wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Vélez will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

The dugout

Claudio Baeza knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Vélez, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Vélez Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Vélez march on in the cup

Los Andes are out and Vélez go through, 2‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match

Vélez run riot against Gimnasia y Esgrima

3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Match

Facundo Salinas breaks Los Andes hearts

Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Facundo Salinas scored in the 88th minute, Los Andes had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Vélez took the lot.

Player ratings

Rodrigo Aliendro scores twice — 8.01

Two goals and a mark of 8.01 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings

Facundo Salinas, 17, steals the show — 8.55

Marked 8.55 at 17, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Market

Vélez turn down Las Palmas for Diego Valdés

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

Diego Valdés runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Vélez

Emanuel Mammana was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

Manuel Insaurralde will join Vélez for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Manuel Insaurralde has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Vélez have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

In brief