| Salvador Lues | |
| Fullname: | Salvador Lues Soto |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Lima, Peru |
| Height: | 1.790NaN0 |
| Weight: | 1180NaN0 |
| Position: | Prop |
| Currentclub: | Selknam |
| Years1: | 2021– |
| Clubs1: | Selknam |
| Apps1: | 25 |
| Points1: | 0 |
| Repyears1: | 2018– |
| Repteam1: | Chile |
| Repcaps1: | 11 |
| Reppoints1: | 5 |
| Repyears2: | 2020–2021 |
| Repteam2: | Chile XV |
| Repcaps2: | 5 |
| Reppoints2: | 0 |
| Clubupdate: | 28 August 2023 |
| Repupdate: | 28 August 2023 |
Salvador Lues Soto (born 6 November 1999) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Super Rugby Americas club Selknam. Born in Lima, he represents Chile at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.[1]
Born in Lima, Lues grew up in Santiago, where he played his rugby with the Craighouse Old Boys,[2] [3] before enjoying a spell in the Stade Toulousain academy from 2018 to 2020.[4] [5]
Back in Chile, he played with Selknam in the newly founded Súper Liga Americana de Rugby.
Salvador Lues was part of the Chilean team that qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in 2022, upsetting the odds against Canada and the United States, starting as a prop in the last game of the Americas qualification against the latter, an historic away win that sealed their qualification for the 2023 World Cup.[6]