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

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.

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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 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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