Mario Saralegui

Mario Saralegui

Personal information
Full name	Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte
Date of birth	April 24, 1959 (1959-04-24) (age 52)
Place of birth	Artigas, Uruguay
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1977–1984	Peñarol
1984–1985	Elche
1985–1986	Peñarol
1986–1987	River Plate
1987–1988	Estudiantes
1989–1990	Peñarol
1991	Barcelona SC
1992–1993	Peñarol
National team
1979–1986	Uruguay	24
Teams managed
1997	Frontera Rivera
2002-2003	Wanderers de Artigas
2006	Peñarol
2006	Uruguay Montevideo
2007	Progreso
2008	Peñarol
2010	Central Español
2010–	El Nacional
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 2008. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Saralegui and the second or maternal family name is Iriarte.

Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte (born April 24, 1959 in Artigas) is a retired Uruguayan footballer and current manager of Ecuadorian club El Nacional.

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 retiting 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.

Honors

• Primera División (6): 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1993
• Copa Libertadores (1): 1982
• Intercontinental Cup (1): 1982

References

External links

• (Spanish) Profile

Persondata
Name	Saralegui, Mario
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Date of birth	April 24, 1959
Place of birth	Artigas, Uruguay
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