Sebastián Eguren
Uruguayan footballer (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Eguren and the second or maternal family name is Ledesma.
Sebastián Eguren Ledesma (born 8 January 1981) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.
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Full name | Sebastián Eguren Ledesma | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1981-01-08) 8 January 1981 (age 43)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Montevideo Wanderers | 36 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Danubio | 27 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Nacional | 39 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2005 | Montevideo Wanderers | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Rosenborg | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Hammarby IF | 36 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
2008 | → Villarreal (loan) | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Villarreal | 46 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2010 | AIK | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Sporting Gijón | 49 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Libertad | 26 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Palmeiras | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Colón | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Nacional | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 363 | (43) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2001–2013 | Uruguay | 54 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Nacional (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Al Ahly (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Atenas de San Carlos | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Chile (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2022 | Montevideo City Torque | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Eguren started his career with Montevideo Wanderers in 1999, and went on to play professionally in Norway, Sweden, Spain, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina before retiring in 2016. He earned 57 caps for Uruguay between 2001 and 2013, representing his country at the 2010 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments, winning the 2011 edition.
From 2016 he worked as a coach, mainly as an assistant to Martín Lasarte.