Leonardo Salas | |
Fullname: | Leonardo Salas |
Birth Date: | 14 September 1939 |
Birth Place: | Chile |
Death Place: | El Salvador |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1962–1966 |
Caps1: | 68 |
Goals1: | 18 |
Years2: | 1966 |
Years3: | 1967–1968 |
Years4: | 1968–? |
Manageryears1: | 1980–1982 |
Managerclubs1: | UES |
Manageryears2: | 1986 |
Managerclubs2: | UES |
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.[1] [2] [3]
In 1967, he moved to El Salvador by recommendation of the Chilean coach Hernán Carrasco and joined Atlante San Alejo.[4] 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,[5] scoring in both the semifinal against Philadelphia Ukrainians and the finals against Jong Colombia.[4]
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.[4]
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[4] 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]
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