Mario Saralegui

Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte (born 24 April 1959 in Artigas) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Peruvian club Carlos A. Mannucci.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Saralegui and the second or maternal family name is Iriarte.
Mario Saralegui
Personal information
Full name Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte
Date of birth (1959-04-24) 24 April 1959
Place of birth Artigas, Uruguay
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Carlos A. Mannucci (manager)
Youth career
Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1985 Peñarol 211 (4)
1985–1988 Elche 24 (0)
1986 → Peñarol (loan)
1986–1987 → River Plate (loan) 15 (2)
1987–1988 → Estudiantes (loan) 18 (1)
1989–1990 Peñarol
1991 Barcelona SC
1992–1993 Peñarol
1994 Rampla Juniors
National team
1979–1986 Uruguay 29 (2)
Teams managed
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
Honours
Representing  Uruguay
Copa América
Winner1983
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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

In May 2021, Saralegui assumed as Representative, taking the place of Valentina dos Santos.

Honours

Player

Peñarol

River Plate

References
  1. "Forlan sacked by hometown club Penarol after 11 games". BBC. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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