Pedro Salgado

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Pedro Salgado

| image =

| fullname = Pedro Ricardo Salgado González

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|11|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Trovolhue, Araucanía Region, Chile

| height = {{height|m=1.83}}

| currentclub =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 2007–2010

| youthclubs1 = Universidad Católica

| youthyears2 = 2010

| youthclubs2 = → Manchester United (loan)

| years1 = 2011–2014

| years2 = 2012

| years3 = 2013–2014

| clubs1 = Universidad Católica

| clubs2 = → Deportes Temuco (loan)

| clubs3 = → Deportes Temuco (loan)

| caps1 = 4

| goals1 = 0

| caps2 = 25

| goals2 = 0

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2011

| nationalteam1 = Chile U20

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Pedro Ricardo Salgado González (born 6 November 1992), is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Born in Trovolhue, Chile,{{cite web |last1=Ortega |first1=claudio |title=La historia del chileno que estuvo un mes en el United y que se retiró con sólo 22 años... Su presente y la anécdota con una leyenda |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2020/06/11/988820/Pedro-Salgado-United-UC.html |website=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=2 March 2023 |language=es |date=12 June 2020}} Salgado was with Manchester United as a youth alongside Ángelo Henríquez.{{cite web|url=https://strettynews.com/2012/07/04/henriquez-the-tale-of-a-chilean-prodigy/|title=Henriquez the tale of a Chilean Prodigy}}{{cite news|publisher=LUN|title=El futuro de Chile va a jugar por Manchester United|date=2 August 2009}} He played on the Chilean U20 team in the 2011 South American championship.{{cite web |title=Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20 |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/nominas-de-chile-para-sudamericanos-sub20.html |website=Partidos de La Roja |access-date=2 March 2023 |language=es}}

He was loaned by Universidad Católica to Deportes Temuco. Recovering from an injury, his loan was not registered in time to play the first half of the 2013 season with Temuco.{{cite web|url=https://www.soychile.cl/Temuco/Deportes/2013/03/27/163441/Pedro-Salgado-fue-descartado-en-Deportes-Temuco-hasta-el-segundo-semestre-de-2013.aspx|title=Pedro Salgado fue descartado en Deportes Temuco hasta el segundo semestre de 2013|first=Juan Pedro|last=Pena|publisher=Soychile.cl|date=27 March 2013}}

After not getting over a pubalgia, he retired at the age of twenty-two.