{{short description|Peruvian footballer (1925–2009)}} {{for|the Mexican politician|Emilio Salinas}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{family name hatnote|Salinas|López|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Juan Emilio Salinas | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Juan Emilio Salinas López | height = | birth_date = 12 July 1925 | birth_place = Lima, Peru | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2009|09|18|1925|7|12}} | death_place = Lima, Peru | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Forward | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= Barrio Obrero<ref name="De Chalaca 1" /><ref name="De Chalaca 2" /> | years1= 1948–1955 | clubs1= Alianza Lima | caps1= 127 | goals1= 102 | years2= 1955–1961 | clubs2= Ciclista Lima | caps2= | goals2= | years3= 1962 | clubs3= Juventud Gloria | caps3= | goals3= | nationalyears1= 1949–1956 | nationalteam1= Peru | nationalcaps1= 7 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Juan Emilio Salinas López''' (12 July 1925 – 18 September 2009) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward.
== Biography == Nicknamed ''El feo'' (the ugly),<ref name="De Chalaca 1">{{cite web |author=Roberto Castro |last= |first= |date=15 July 2012 |title=Emilio Salinas: Lindo consuelo |trans-title=Emilio Salinas: Nice consolation |url=https://dechalaca.com/especiales-dechalaca/el-club-de-los-100/emilio-salinas-lindo-consuelo |website=De Chalaca |language=es |location= |publisher= |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref> Salinas began his career in 1948 with Alianza Lima, winning the league title in his first season. The following year, he became the league's top scorer with 18 goals. In 1952, he won both the league title and the top scorer award (22 goals). He added two more league titles in 1954 and 1955 before moving to Ciclista Lima, where he did not achieve the same level of success. He retired in 1962, playing in the second division for Juventud Gloria.<ref name="De Chalaca 2">{{cite web |author=José Augusto Giuffra |last= |first= |date=26 December 2009 |title=Juan Emilio Salinas: El feo de los goles lindos |trans-title=Juan Emilio Salinas: The ugly one of the beautiful goals |url=https://dechalaca.com/hemeroteca/lo-justo-tio/juan-emilio-salinas-el-feo-de-los-goles-lindos |website=De Chalaca |language=es |location= |publisher= |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref>
Salinas remains an important player for Alianza Lima. With 102 goals in 127 matches, he holds the club's best goals-per-game ratio (0.8).<ref name="De Chalaca 2" /> He is also the club's all-time leading scorer against their eternal rivals, Universitario de Deportes, with 18 goals.<ref name="Infobae">{{cite web |author=Raúl Bazán Chocos |last= |first= |date=16 February 2023 |title=La mayor goleada en la historia del clásico peruano y quién fue Emilio 'El Feo' Salinas, autor de 5 goles aquella jornada |trans-title=The biggest rout in the history of the Peruvian derby and who was Emilio ‘El Feo’ Salinas, author of 5 goals that day |url=https://www.infobae.com/peru/2023/02/16/la-mayor-goleada-en-la-historia-de-clasico-peruano-y-quien-fue-emilio-el-feo-salinas-autor-de-5-goles-aquella-jornada/ |website=Infobae |language=es |location= |publisher= |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref> He distinguished himself against the latter on June 26, 1949, by scoring five of Alianza Lima's nine goals against their eternal rival (9–1 victory).<ref name="De Chalaca 1" /><ref name="Infobae" />
A seven-time Peruvian international between 1949 and 1956,<ref>{{cite web |author=José Luis Pierrend |last= |first= |date=14 February 2025 |title=Peru - Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/peru-recintlp.html |website=RSSSF |location= |publisher= |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref> Salinas was first called up for the 1949 South American Championship in Brazil, where he scored two goals. He was recalled seven years later to play in the 1956 Panamerican Championship in Mexico, where he again scored two goals.
== Honours == '''Alianza Lima''' *Peruvian Primera División (4): 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955 *Peruvian Primera División Top scorer (2): 1949 (18 goals), 1952 (22)<ref>{{cite web |author=Juan Pablo Andrés, Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona and José Luis Pierrend |last= |first= |date=5 November 2024 |title=Peru – List of First División Topscorers |url= https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/perutops.html |website=RSSSF |location= |publisher= |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref>
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== External links == *[https://historialblanquiazul.com/1949/06/12/alianza-lima-9-universitario-1/ Alianza Lima 9–Universitario 1 (Juan Emilio Salinas' five goals)]
{{Peru squad 1949 South American Championship}} {{Torneo Descentralizado top scorers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salinas, Juan Emilio}} Category:1925 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Sportspeople from the Department of Lima Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Peruvian men's footballers Category:Peru men's international footballers Category:1949 South American Championship players Category:Peruvian Primera División players Category:Club Alianza Lima footballers Category:Ciclista Lima Association footballers Category:20th-century Peruvian sportsmen