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Salvador Ballesta Vialcho (born 22 May 1975), commonly known as Salva, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker, and the current manager of Atlético Malagueño. A goalscorer noted for his flair and workrate, he played for seven different top division clubs, most notably Atlético Madrid, Valencia – with whom he won his sole team trophy – and Málaga. Over the course of 11 La Liga seasons Salva amassed totals of 235 games and 87 goals, adding 126/52 in Segunda División. ==Club career== Salva was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. After making his professional debuts with Sevilla FC, he won the Pichichi Trophy in the 1999–2000 season, scoring 27 goals to lead La Liga's scoring charts for Racing de Santander. He then moved to Segunda División with Atlético de Madrid (freshly relegated) and proceeded to lead the side with 21 league goals, although the ''Colchoneros'' did not return to the top level. In the 2001 summer Salva joined Valencia CF, netting five goals to help the side become league champion after a 31-year drought. He was rarely used in the following season, and was subsequently briefly part of the Bolton Wanderers side which avoided Premier League relegation in 2003;〔(Bolton find solution in Ballesta ); UEFA.com, 30 January 2003〕 he had another two loan stints from 2003 to 2005, with Málaga CF for which he netted 21 official goals, namely a hat-trick in a 5–1 league home crushing of FC Barcelona on 3 December 2003,〔(El Málaga deja en coma al Barcelona antes del clásico (Málaga leaves Barcelona in a coma before ''clásico'') ); El Mundo, 4 December 2003 〕〔(Salva's Spanish goal ); UEFA.com, 18 March 2004〕 and Atlético Madrid, being subsequently released and signing with the former.〔(Málaga make Salva signing ); UEFA.com, 14 July 2005〕 In late January 2007, Salva joined top flight strugglers Levante UD on loan from Málaga, now in the second division. On 4 February he played his first league match for the club in an away win against Real Madrid, scoring the game's only goal; after the season's end, with the Valencian managing to retain their status, he returned to Málaga, and netted seven goals to help the Andalusia outfit achieve top division promotion. As he spent most of 2008–09 hampered by recurrent injuries, Salva was still able to contribute, notably coming from the bench against neighbours UD Almería and helping turn the score from 0–2 to a 3–2 home win with two goals, on 8 February 2009.〔(Málaga 3–2 Almeria ); ESPN Soccernet, 8 February 2009〕 On 15 March he added another brace against another neighbouring club, in a 2–2 home draw against former side Sevilla;〔(Málaga 2–2 Sevilla FC ); ESPN Soccernet, 15 March 2009〕 when the season ended, he was released after his contract expired. In the dying hours of the 2009 August transfer window, Salva signed a 1+1 contract with Albacete Balompié, aged 34. However, at the end of his first season, where he appeared almost exclusively as a backup, the 35-year-old was one of 14 players who were not given a contract extension, being released〔(El Albacete da la baja a 14 jugadores, entre ellos a Salva (Albacete releases 14 players, Salva included) ); Diario AS, 23 June 2010 〕 and retiring shortly after; subsequently he re-joined former team Málaga as a youth coach, alongside former club teammate Francesc Arnau.〔(El Málaga cuenta con Arnau y Salva como entrenadores de cantera para La Academia (Málaga counts with Arnau and Salva as youth team coaches for the Academy) ); La Opinión de Málaga, 23 March 2011 〕 On 12 July 2013 Salva was appointed as the new manager of Málaga's reserves Atlético Malagueño, in Tercera División.〔(Salva Ballesta, nuevo entrenador del Atlético Malagueño (Salva Ballesta, new manager of Atlético Malagueño) ); La Opinión de Málaga, 12 July 2013 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salva Ballesta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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