Mario Saralegui

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Mario Saralegui
Full name	Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte
Date of birth	April 24, 1959 (1959-04-24) (age 49)
Place of birth	Artigas, Uruguay
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977-1984 1984-1985 1985-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1989-1990 1991 1992-1993	Peñarol Elche Peñarol River Plate Estudiantes Peñarol Barcelona SC Peñarol
National team
1979-1986	Uruguay	24 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Mario Daniel Saralegui Iriarte (born April 24, 1959 in Artigas) is a retired football midfielder from Uruguay. 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.

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v • d • e Uruguay squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup

1 Rodríguez • 2 Gutiérrez • 3 Acevedo • 4 Diogo • 5 Bossio • 6 Batista • 7 Alzamendi • 8 Barrios • 9 da Silva • 10 Francescoli • 11 Santín • 12 Alvez • 13 Vega • 14 Pereyra • 15 Rivero • 16 Saralegui • 17 Zalazar • 18 Paz • 19 Ramos • 20 Aguilera • 21 Cabrera • 22 Otero • Coach: Borrás