Leonardo Salas

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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salas.
Leonardo Salas
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

Career

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]

Personal life

He made his home in El Salvador and died on 31 March 2020 due to a heart attack.[8]

Honours

Alianza

References
  1. "Comunicado oficial: Fallecimiento de Leonardo Salas". alianzafc.com (in Spanish). Alianza Fútbol Club. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. "Audax Italiano 1962 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. "Deportistas famosos de la época". victorarevalocontreras (in Spanish). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. "AUDAX ITALIANO La Florida". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  5. "VIDEO: Leonardo Salas, el ex campeón de Alianza que sufre en el olvido". elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 14 May 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  6. "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.
  7. Gutiérrez, Omar (1 April 2020). "Dan último adiós a Leonardo Salas". Diario El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  8. Peñate, Christian (31 March 2020). "Adiós, profe Salas" (in Spanish). El Gráfico. Retrieved 2 March 2023.


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