Mario Salas (footballer)

Mario Alfredo Salas Saieg (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ˈsalas], born 11 October 1967) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Ñublense.

Mario Salas

Mario Salas in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Mario Alfredo Salas Saieg
Date of birth	(1967-10-11) 11 October 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ñublense (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1993	Everton	128	(5)
1993–1994	Unión Española	18	(0)
1995	Palestino	27	(1)
1996–1998	Colo-Colo	64	(0)
1998	Santiago Morning	?	(?)
1999	Santiago Wanderers	28	(0)
2000	Deportes Antofagasta	?	(?)
2001	Everton	?	(?)
International career
1993–1997	Chile	5	(0)
Managerial career
2010–2012	Barnechea
2013	Chile U20
2014	Huachipato
2015–2017	Universidad Católica
2017–2018	Sporting Cristal
2019–2020	Colo-Colo
2020	Alianza Lima
2021	Wadi Degla
2021–2022	Huachipato
2023	Magallanes
2024–	Ñublense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salas earned five caps for the Chile national team, scoring no goals between 1993 and 1997, and made his debut in 1993 in a friendly match against Spain in Alicante. He started his managerial career at Barnechea in 2009. In 2011, he won the Tercera División de Chile title and the promotion to Primera B. In 2012, he was appointed as head coach of the Chile U20 national team after the resignation of Fernando Carvallo.

He completed his BA in Physical education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.^[1]