Marcelo Saralegui

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Marcelo Saralegui
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Saralegui Arregín
Date of birth	(1971-05-18) 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 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 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

v t e 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: Cubilla

v t e Uruguay squad – 1995 Copa América Winners (14th Title)

1 Alvez 2 Aguirregaray 3 Moas 4 Herrera 5 Gutiérrez 6 Adinolfi 7 Otero 8 Bengochea 9 Fonseca 10 Francescoli 11 Poyet 12 Arbiza 13 Da Silva 14 Méndez 15 Saralegui 16 López 17 Martínez 18 Silva 19 Abeijón 20 Sosa 21 Dorta 22 Ferro Coach: Núñez

v t e Uruguay squad – 1997 Copa América

1 Siboldi 2 Peña 3 Moas 4 Ramos 5 de los Santos 6 Gómez 7 Abeijón 8 Saralegui 9 L.Romero 10 Recoba 11 Delgado 12 Romay 14 M.Romero 15 Silva 16 Lujambio 17 Martínez 18 Da Silva 19 Silvera 20 Fleurquin 21 Hernández 22 Abreu Coach: Ahuntchaín

Persondata
Name	Saralegui, Marcelo
Alternative names
Short description	Uruguayan footballer
Date of birth	May 18, 1971
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death
Place of death

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