Eddie Salcedo

Eddie Anthony Salcedo Mora (born 1 October 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Hellas Verona, on loan from Internazionale.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salcedo and the second or maternal family name is Mora.
Eddie Salcedo
Personal information
Full name Eddie Anthony Salcedo Mora
Date of birth (2001-10-01) 1 October 2001
Place of birth Genoa, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Hellas Verona
(on loan from Inter Milan)
Number 9
Youth career
Genoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Genoa 2 (0)
2018–2019 → Internazionale (loan) 0 (0)
2019– Internazionale 0 (0)
2019– → Hellas Verona (loan) 19 (1)
National team‡
2018– Italy U19 16 (5)
2020– Italy U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:39, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 October 2019

He was born in Genoa to Colombian parents.[1]

Club career

Salcedo is a product of the Genoa youth academy. On 20 August 2017, at the age of 15, he made his debut with the senior team in Serie A in a 0–0 away draw against Sassuolo, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Andrey Galabinov.[2]

On 16 July 2018, Salcedo joined Inter Milan on a season-long loan deal with an option to make the deal permanent.[3] He played with Inter's U19 team in the Campionato Primavera 1 and the UEFA Youth League. The deal was made permanent on 19 June 2019 for €8m.[4]

In summer 2019 he joined the newly promoted Hellas Verona on loan. On 3 November 2019, he scored his first Serie A goal, in the home match won 2–1 against Brescia.

On 25 September 2020 he re-joined Verona on another season-long loan.[5]

International career

With the Italy U19 team he took part in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 3 September 2020, in a friendly match won 2–1 against Slovenia.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 28 October 2020
Club Season League Cup International Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Genoa 2017–18 Serie A 2010––30
Inter Milan (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 0000––00
Verona (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 17100––171
2020–21 Serie A 2011––31
Total 191110000202
Career total 211210000232

References
  1. "Inter, ecco il centravanti 15enne Salcedo Mora, sudamericano di Genova". La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tutto il rosa della vita (in Italian). Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. "SASSUOLO 0–0 GENOA". Serie A. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. "MERCATO: SALCEDO DAL GENOA ALL'INTER" (in Italian). Inter Milan. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. "Official: Inter buy Politano and Salcedo". Football Italia. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. "Ufficiale: rimane in gialloblu anche Eddie Salcedo" (Press release) (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 25 September 2020.
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