Camilo Ignacio Saldaña Inostroza (; born 13 July 1999) is a

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who plays as a

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for Libyan club Al-Madina SC. Born in Chile, he plays for the Palestine national team.

Club career

Saldaña was with

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

until the under-13 team before joining the

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youth system. He made his senior debut with Palestino at the age of 17. Subsequently, he was loaned out to

Santiago Morning Club de Deportes Santiago Morning (popularly known as Chaguito Morning or Morning) is a Chilean professional Association football, football club based in Recoleta, Chile, Recoleta, Santiago currently playing in Primera B de Chile, Primera B. Hi ...

Rangers de Talca Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football (soccer), football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the Chilean Primera División B, second level of the Chilean football system. Their home g ...

and Barnechea. In 2023, Saldaña signed with

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger ...

. In 2024, he moved abroad and joined Libyan club Al-Shomooa SC alongside his Palestinian-Chilean compatriot Jonathan Cantillana.

International career

Born in Chile, Saldaña is of Palestinian descent. In June 2018, he played in a friendly for the Chile U20s in a friendly 2–0 loss to the Uruguay U20s. He was called up to the Palestine national team for a set of friendlies in September 2023. He debuted for Palestine in a friendly 2–1 loss to

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on 6 September 2023.

Honours

;Palestino *

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* * 1999 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Palestinian men's footballers Palestine men's international footballers Chilean men's footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Santiago Morning footballers Rangers de Talca footballers A.C. Barnechea footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players 2023 AFC Asian Cup players Palestinian expatriate men's footballers Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Libya Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Libya Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Libya Men's association football midfielders Palestinian people of Chilean descent Chilean people of Palestinian descent Naturalized citizens of Palestine {{Palestine-footy-bio-stub