Javier Salgado Martín, more commonly known as Javi Salgado, is a retired Spanish professional

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player.

Early career

After being formed at Maristas school in

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, Salgado started his career at SD Patronato in 1998. The next year, he signed with

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, to play in the club's

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(Elmar León), in the

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, in that time the Spanish third division.

Professional career

In 2001, Salgado joined the newly created team in his native town:

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. With this team, he would go on to play during the next ten seasons, in three different level leagues on the

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, and

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, playing also in two EuroCup semifinals, in 2009 and 2010. After leaving the team in summer 2010, his number 14 jersey was retired at

. He signed with Lagun Aro GBC in July 2010, from Bilbao's neighboring city of

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. On July 18, 2016, he returned to Dominion Bilbao Basket, where he remained until he retired at the end of the 2017-18 ACB season.

Spain national team

Salgado played with the Spain national under-20 basketball team, and he also played in several friendly games with the Basque Country autonomous basketball team.

Awards and accomplishments

: (1) **2002 * Copa LEB Plata: (1) **2002 *

: (1) **2004

References

External links

Profile at ACB.com
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