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. 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.

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International

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