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Leonardo Salas
Chilean footballer
Leonardo Salas (14 September 1939 – 31 March 2020) was a Chilean football manager and player who played as a forward. Besides Chile, he developed his career in El Salvador.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Salas | ||
| Date of birth | (1939-09-14)14 September 1939[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Chile | ||
| Date of death | 31 March 2020(2020-03-31) (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | El Salvador | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1966 | Audax Italiano | 68 | (18) |
| 1966 | Atlante San Alejo | ||
| 1967–1968 | Alianza | ||
| 1968–? | Atlante San Alejo | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980–1982 | UES | ||
| 1986 | UES | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Salas played for Audax Italiano in the Chilean Primera División from 1962 to 1966.[2][3][4]
In 1967, he moved to El Salvador by recommendation of the Chilean coach Hernán Carrasco and joined Atlante San Alejo.[5] Next, he switched to Alianza, taking part of the historical squad known as La Oquesta Alba (The White Orchestra). With Alianza, he won the 1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup,[1] scoring in both the semifinal against Philadelphia Ukrainians and the finals against Jong Colombia.[5]
Considered a historical player of Alianza, he was honored in May 2019 in a 2019 Clausura match against Municipal Limeño.[6]
He returned to Atlante San Alejo in 1968 and retired due to a knee injury.[5]
As a football manager, he led Universidad de El Salvador in its promotion to the Salvadoran Primera División in 1981.[7]
He also worked as football coach at Externado San José School, José Matías Delgado University and FundaMadrid El Salvador[5] as well as at some El Salvador national youth teams at the end of the 1970s.[7]
He made his home in El Salvador and died on 31 March 2020 due to a heart attack.[8]
Alianza
- "Comunicado oficial: Fallecimiento de Leonardo Salas". alianzafc.com (in Spanish). Alianza Fútbol Club. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- "Audax Italiano 1962 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- "Deportistas famosos de la época". victorarevalocontreras (in Spanish). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- "AUDAX ITALIANO La Florida". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- "VIDEO: Leonardo Salas, el ex campeón de Alianza que sufre en el olvido". elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 14 May 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- "FOTOS: Así fue el emotivo homenaje que jugadores y la afición rindieron a Leonardo Salas, excampeón de Alianza". Noticias de El Salvador - elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- Gutiérrez, Omar (1 April 2020). "Dan último adiós a Leonardo Salas". Diario El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- Peñate, Christian (31 March 2020). "Adiós, profe Salas" (in Spanish). El Gráfico. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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