- Marcelo Saralegui
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Marcelo Saralegui Personal information Full name Marcelo Saralegui Arregín Date of birth May 18, 1971 Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Playing position Midfielder Youth career 1984-1988 Nacional Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1989-1992 Nacional 37 (4) 1992-1994 Torino 2 (0) 1994-1995 Racing Club 33 (5) 1995-1999 Colón de Santa Fe 105 (29) 1999-2000 Independiente 14 (1) 2000-2001 Racing Club 12 (0) 2001-2002 Nacional 12 (1) 2002-2003 Fénix 16 (2) 2004 Uruguay Montevideo ? (?) National team 1992-1997 Uruguay 33 (6) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).Marcelo Saralegui Arregín (born May 18, 1971 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan football midfielder who 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.
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 Fehe played over 100 games for the club 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.
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International career
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]
Titles
Season Team Title 1992 Nacional
Primera División Uruguaya 1995 Uruguay
Copa América 2001 Nacional
Primera División Uruguaya References
External links
- Marcelo Saralegui at National-Football-Teams.com
- (Spanish) Profile at Tenfield
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
Uruguay squads Uruguay squad – 1993 Copa América 1 Siboldi • 2 Sánchez • 3 Kanapkis • 4 Sanguinetti • 5 Ostolaza • 6 de los Santos • 7 Peletti • 8 Morán • 9 Guerra • 10 Saralegui • 11 Paz • 12 Ferro • 13 Rodríguez Peña • 14 Moas • 15 Cabrera • 16 Gutiérrez • 17 Barrios • 18 Da Silva • 19 O'Neill • 20 Herrera • 21 Francescoli • 22 Sosa • Coach: CubillaUruguay squad – 1995 Copa América Winners (14th Title) Uruguay squad – 1997 Copa América Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Montevideo
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- 1993 Copa América players
- 1995 Copa América players
- 1997 Copa América players
- Association football midfielders
- Club Nacional de Football players
- Centro Atlético Fénix players
- Racing Club footballers
- Colón de Santa Fe footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Torino F.C. players
- Serie A footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
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