Mario Saralegui
 Saralegui (center) playing for Peñarol in 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Artigas, Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Peñarol | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1985 | Peñarol | 221 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Elche | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985-86 | Peñarol (loan) | 29 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | → River Plate (loan) | 15 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | → Estudiantes (loan) | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Peñarol | 25 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990-92 | Barcelona SC | 82 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Peñarol | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Rampla Juniors | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1986 | Uruguay | 29 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Artigas | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Frontera Rivera | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Barcelona SC (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Peñarol (youth) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Wanderers de Artigas | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Peñarol (youth) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Peñarol | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Uruguay Montevideo | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Progreso | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Peñarol | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Central Español | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | El Nacional | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Técnico Universitario | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Juventud de Las Piedras | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Olmedo | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Tacuarembó | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Liverpool Montevideo | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | LDU Portoviejo | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Peñarol | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Carlos A. Mannucci | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Cerro Largo | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | CA Artigas | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Danubio | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte (born 24 April 1959 in Artigas) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Career
[edit]Having made his official debut on May 31, 1979, against Brazil (1-5), Saralegui obtained a total number of 24 international caps for the Uruguay national football team. He represented his native country at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number sixteen jersey.
Saralegui played most of his career for Peñarol in Uruguay, the only Uruguayan team he ever played for. He won 6 Uruguayan Primera championships a Copa Libertadores and a Copa Intercontinental during his four spells with the club.
Saralegui played for a number of non-Uruguayan teams including Elche of Spain, River Plate and Estudiantes de La Plata of Argentina and Barcelona SC of Ecuador.
After retiring as a player, he had a spell as manager of Peñarol, where he led them to the Clausura 2008 championship with a 5–3 victory over River Plate de Montevideo in the championship playoff. In September 2020, he became the manager of Peñarol for the third time.[1]
In politics
[edit]In May 2021, Saralegui assumed as Representative, taking the place of Valentina dos Santos.
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Peñarol
- Uruguayan Primera División: 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1993
- Copa Libertadores: 1982
- Intercontinental Cup: 1982
River Plate
Manager
[edit]Peñarol
References
[edit]- ^ "Forlan sacked by hometown club Penarol after 11 games". BBC. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
External links
[edit]- Mario Saralegui at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Mario Saralegui at BDFutbol
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Artigas Department
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Copa Libertadores–winning players
- Peñarol players
- Elche CF players
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Barcelona S.C. footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers
- Uruguay men's international footballers
- 1979 Copa América players
- 1983 Copa América players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- Uruguayan football managers
- Peñarol managers
- C.D. El Nacional managers
- Cerro Largo F.C. managers
- Members of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay
- Carlos A. Mannucci managers
- C.A. Progreso managers
- Juventud de Las Piedras managers
- C.D. Olmedo managers
- Danubio F.C. managers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- C.D. Técnico Universitario managers
- 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen