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Full nameMaximiliano Nahuel Salas
PositionCentre-forward
NationalityArgentina
Age28
Date of birth1 Dec 1997
BirthplaceCuruzú Cuatiá
Height174 cm
Shirt number#7
ClubRacing Club
Centre-forwardalso played MID
30
Appearances
3
Goals
5
Assists
2088
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Racing Club.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Liga Profesional Argentina171311257.14
CONMEBOL Libertadores5103466.86
CONMEBOL Recopa200179
Copa Argentina11049

Scout report

Project playerCentre-forward

M. Salas is a 28-year-old centre-forward at Racing Club, rated 39.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 245th of 557 on scout potential in the Liga Profesional Argentina. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (62.7% of available minutes). He brings 0.35 goal contributions per 90 (0.13 goals, 0.22 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Salas.

Judged on this season alone, Salas graded 24 — a solid campaign that ranks top 40% of the 74 centre-forwards in the Liga Profesional Argentina, on 3 goals and 5 assists in 30 appearances (0.345 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 29 → 24).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 39, 30th of 74 of the 74 centre-forwards in the Liga Profesional Argentina. At 28 Salas is in his prime years, and a market index of 6.5 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding level
Current potential30th of 74 centre-forwards · Liga Profesional ArgentinaCurrent seasonTop 40% centre-forwards · Liga Profesional Argentina29th-best centre-forward in the Liga Profesional Argentina245th in the Liga Profesional Argentina · potential30th-highest potential centre-forward in the Liga Profesional Argentina
39.4
Ratingi
30th of 74 centre-forwards
24.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
62.7%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.35
Goal contrib / 90
modest end product

Output in context · Racing Club finished 3rd of 15 · an upper-table side

3
Goals
5
Assists
8
G+A
0.1
Goals / app

3 goals in 30 appearances (0.1 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 5 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 8 goal contributions (0.27 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 62.7% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 39.4, Salas carries the 30th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Liga Profesional Argentina of 74. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.35 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.