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Mario Saralegui

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Mario Saralegui
Saralegui (center) playing for Peñarol in 1982
Personal information
Full name Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte
Date of birth (1959-04-24) 24 April 1959 (age 65)
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)
1986–1987River Plate (loan) 15 (2)
1987–1988Estudiantes (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 [es]
1997 Frontera Rivera [es]
1998 Barcelona SC (caretaker)
2000–2001 Peñarol (youth)
2002–2003 Wanderers de Artigas [es]
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 [es]
2023–2024 Danubio
Medal record
Representing  Uruguay
Copa América
Winner 1983
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Runner-up 1985 France
*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

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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

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

Honours

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Player

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Peñarol

River Plate

Manager

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Peñarol

References

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