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Javier Salgado
	Javi Salgado, in a game with Bilbao Basket in 2009
Personal information
Born	August 6, 1980 (age 44); Bilbao, Spain
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	181 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1998–present
Position	Point guard
Number	14
Career history
1998–1999	SD Patronato
1999–2000	Baloncesto León B
2001–2010	Bilbao Basket
2010–2014	Gipuzkoa Basket
2014–2016	Estudiantes
2016–2019	Bilbao Basket
Career highlights and awards
	LEB Oro champion (2004); LEB Plata champion (2002); Liga ACB Free Throw Percentage leader (2015); No. 14 retired by Bilbao Basket;

Javier Salgado Martín, more commonly known as Javi Salgado, is a retired Spanish professional basketball player.

Early career

After being formed at Maristas school in Bilbao, Salgado started his career at SD Patronato in 1998. The next year, he signed with Baloncesto León, to play in the club's reserve team (Elmar León), in the Liga EBA, in that time the Spanish third division.

Professional career

In 2001, Salgado joined the newly created team in his native town: Bilbao Basket. With this team, he would go on to play during the next ten seasons, in three different level leagues on the Spanish basketball league system: LEB Plata, LEB Oro, and Liga ACB, playing also in two EuroCup semifinals, in 2009 and 2010.

After leaving the team in summer 2010, his number 14 jersey was retired at Bilbao Basket.^[1] He signed with Lagun Aro GBC in July 2010,^[2] from Bilbao's neighboring city of San Sebastián.

On July 18, 2016, he returned to Dominion Bilbao Basket,^[3] where he remained until he retired at the end of the 2017-18 ACB season.