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Emiliano Sala
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Argentine association football player (1990-2019)
Key facts
- 2009
- FC Crato
- 2015
- → Caen (loan)
- 2019
- Cardiff City
- Full name
- Emiliano Raúl Sala Taffarel
- Date of birth
- ( 1990-10-31 ) 31 October 1990
- Place of birth
- Cululú , Argentina
- Date of death
- 21 January 2019 (2019-01-21) (aged 28)
- Place of death
- English Channel , off Alderney , Channel Islands
- Height
- 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Striker
- 1994 2005
- Club San Martín de Progreso
- 2005 2007
- Proyecto Crecer
- Years
- Team
- 2007 2008
- Soledad B
- 2010 2015
- Bordeaux
- 2012 2013
- → Orléans (loan)
- 2013 2014
- → Niort (loan)
- 2015 2019
- Nantes
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- Argentina
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Raúl
- Family name
- Sala
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Cululú
- Place of death
- English Channel
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Cardiff City F.C.
- Position played
- forward
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Emiliano Sala.jpg
- Height
- 187
- Significant event
- 2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash
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- date of birth
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- Commons category
- Emiliano Sala
- birth name
- Emiliano Raúl Sala Taffarel (espagnol)
- name in native language
- Emiliano Sala
- date of death
- 2019-01-21
- cause of death
- aircraft crash
- manner of death
- accidental death
- social media followers
- 43370
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Encyclopedic overview
Emiliano Raúl Sala Taffarel ( Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljano ˈsala]; 31 October 1990 – 21 January 2019) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a striker.
After playing youth football in Argentina and following a short spell in Portugal's regional leagues, Sala began his professional career in France with Bordeaux, making his professional debut in February 2012. After struggling to break into the first team, he was loaned out to Championnat National side Orléans and Ligue 2 side Niort in consecutive seasons. He enjoyed prolific spells with both clubs, scoring 39 goals between them, before returning to Bordeaux. After initially being promised an increased role after his successful loans, Sala fell out of favour again, and instead, joined fellow Ligue 1 side Caen on loan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emiliano Sala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.