Name: Mario
Surname: Salinas
Date of Birth: Oct. 3, 1963
Place of Birth: Oakland, California (USA)
Citizenship: American
Futsal Function: Futsal Club Owner (Former Futsal Player)
Height: 5 feet, 8 inches
Weight: 153 lbs. (approx. 70 kgms.)
Hair Color: Brown
Eyes Color: Brown
Particular Signs: -
Profession: Magazine Publishing Executive
Married with: Mafa
Children: none yet
Shoe size: 39 or 8 (USA)
Brand of Shoes: DalPonte
Athlete: Zico, Joe Montana
Futsal Player: Danilo
Futsal President: Santiago Marquez
Futsal League You Would Like to Play:
U.S. Pro Futsal League (if and when it is founded)
Match You Remember (+):
World United vs San Diego Select (4-3 National Semi Final Match, 2001)
Match You Remember (-):
World United vs San Diego Select (3-4 National Semi Final Match 2002; I didn't play as it was my first year in official retirement)
Goal You Remember:
1997 (World United vs San Diego Select; National Semi Final 5-2)
Career:
1988 Bradesco (Brazil) as an intern; US National Team World Cup Australia 1988
1989 Micronet (USA)
1990 Cafeteria Marabe (Spain)
1994 World United: Intercontinental Cup Torrejon (Madrid, Spain)
1991 - 1995 World United (USA)
1996 - 1997 DiBufala; World Club Championships (1997 Porto Alegre, Brazil)
1997 - 2001 World United (USA); Intercontinental Cup Norilsk, Russia 2001

Year Futsal Salary: None (I participate for the love of the sport)
Drink: Cuba Libre
Food:
Spanish food - paella, gazpacho, tapas
also Brazilian barbecue "churrasco" and Brazilian feijoada (black bean stew)
Car: Mitsubishi Montero (I think it's called Pajero in other countries)
Clothing: Banana Republic
Color: Blue
Actor:
Actress: Victoria Abril
Film: Il Postino
Book:
Women you like: my wife
Music: Brazilian music - bossa nova, samba, axe; also jazz
Singer: John Mayer
Town for living: San Francisco (USA), Madrid (Spain)
Place for Holidays: Europe
Football Club you Like: Atletico Madrid, Botafogo
Pet: I don't own one but if I did, it would be a dog
Game you like: Trivial Pursuit (board-card game)
Politics: a gov't that perceives "war" as being an absolute failure.
3 wishes:
futsal as an olympic sport,
a professional futsal league in the U.S.
and abolishment of hunger in the world.
Without futsal what would you like to do:
sing or play an instrument
Particular hobbies: basketball