Mario Saralegui

Mario Saralegui
	Saralegui (center) playing for Peñarol in 1982
Personal information
Full name	Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte
Date of birth	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
1977–1985	Peñarol
1985	Elche
1985-86	Peñarol (loan)
1986–1987	→ River Plate (loan)
1987–1988	→ Estudiantes (loan)
1988–1989	Peñarol
1990-92	Barcelona SC
1992–1993	Peñarol
1994	Rampla Juniors
International career
1979–1986	Uruguay
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
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
	*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

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]