Marcelo Saralegui

Marcelo Saralegui
	Saralegui with Colón in 1997
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Saralegui Arregín
Date of birth	18 May 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1988	Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1992	Nacional
1990	Atlético Madrileño
1992–1994	Torino
1994–1995	Racing Club
1995–1999	Colón
1999	Independiente
2000	Defensor Sporting
2000–2001	Racing Club
2001–2002	Nacional
2002–2003	Fénix
2004	Uruguay Montevideo
International career
1992–1997	Uruguay
Managerial career
2004–2006	Uruguay Montevideo
2006–2007	Cerrito
2010	Cerrito
2014	Rampla Juniors
2016	Colegiales
2022–2023	Colón
Medal record
Representing Uruguay
Copa América
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Saralegui Arregín (born 18 May 1971) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Saralegui played 33 times for the Uruguay national team between 1992 and 1997.^[1] In 1995 he was part of the Uruguay squad that won the Copa América.

Playing career

Club

Saralegui started his professional playing career in 1989 with Nacional, in 1992 he played a part in the clubs championship winning season. Later that year he joined Torino of Italy but he did not have much success there and returned to South America to play in Argentina.

His first club in Argentina was Racing Club de Avellaneda where he played one season before joining Colón de Santa Fe. He played over 100 games for Colón between 1995 and 1999.

In 1999, he joined Independiente, fierce rivals of Racing Club. In 2000, he rejoined Racing Club.

In 2001, he returned to Uruguay to play for Nacional again, and in 2001 he won his second Uruguayan championship. In the final years of his career he played for Fénix and Uruguay Montevideo.

International

He made his debut for Uruguay in a friendly match against Australia (2-0 win) on June 21, 1992, in the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo under coach Luis Alberto Cubilla.^[2]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uruguay^[3]	1992	6	0
	1993	6	2
	1994	0	0
	1995	7	1
	1996	6	0
	1997	8	3
Total		33	6

Honours

Season	Team	Title
1992	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya
1995	Uruguay	Copa América
2001	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya

References

^ Uruguay record internationalfootballers Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at rsssf
^ "Uruguay - International Matches 1991-1995". Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
^ "Marcelo Saralegui - AUF". Retrieved 21 February 2022.

External links

Marcelo Saralegui at National-Football-Teams.com
(in Spanish) Profile at Tenfield
(in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped]

[1] Uruguay record internationalfootballers Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at rsssf

[2] "Uruguay - International Matches 1991-1995". Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

[3] "Marcelo Saralegui - AUF". Retrieved 21 February 2022.

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