Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonardo Salas | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 September 1939||
Place of birth | Chile | ||
Date of death | 31 March 2020 | (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 |
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.
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
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Leonardo Salas | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 September 1939||
Place of birth | Chile | ||
Date of death | 31 March 2020 | (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 |
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.
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