Mario Salas (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salas and the second or maternal family name is Saieg.

Mario Alfredo Salas Saieg (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ˈsalas], born 11 October 1967) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He recently directs Deportes Temuco of Primera B de Chile.

Mario Salas

Mario Salas in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Mario Alfredo Salas Saieg
Date of birth	(1967-10-11) 11 October 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Vina Del Mar, Chile
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1993	Everton	128	(5)
1993–1994	Unión Española	18	(0)
1995	Palestino	27	(1)
1996–1998	Colo-Colo	64	(0)
1998	Santiago Morning	?	(?)
1999	Santiago Wanderers	28	(0)
2000	Deportes Antofagasta	?	(?)
2001	Everton	?	(?)
International career
1993–1997	Chile	5	(0)
Managerial career
2010–2012	Barnechea
2013	Chile U20
2014	Huachipato
2015–2017	Universidad Católica
2017–2018	Sporting Cristal
2019–2020	Colo-Colo
2020	Alianza Lima
2021	Wadi Degla
2021–2022	Huachipato
2023	Magallanes
2024	Ñublense
2025	Deportes Temuco
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salas earned five caps for the Chile national team, scoring no goals between 1993 and 1997, and made his debut in 1993 in a friendly match against Spain in Alicante. He started his managerial career at Barnechea in 2009. In 2011, he won the Tercera División de Chile title and the promotion to Primera B. In 2012, he was appointed as head coach of the Chile U20 national team after the resignation of Fernando Carvallo.

He completed his BA in Physical education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.^[1]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 4 May 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Barnechea		1 April 2011	24 November 2012	80	40	20	20	144	100	+44	050.00
Chile U-20		9 January 2013	7 July 2013	14	8	2	4	24	17	+7	057.14
Huachipato		3 January 2014	14 December 2014	51	22	8	21	84	80	+4	043.14
Universidad Católica		4 January 2015	10 December 2017	134	66	25	43	257	194	+63	049.25
Sporting Cristal		2 April 2017	18 December 2018	50	30	12	8	119	43	+76	060.00
Colo-Colo		18 December 2018	25 February 2020	39	19	8	12	60	46	+14	048.72
Alianza Lima		2 April 2020	30 October 2020	19	3	7	9	20	25	−5	015.79
Wadi Degla		1 February 2021	27 May 2021	16	4	4	8	15	19	−4	025.00
Huachipato		18 October 2021	10 November 2022	48	19	10	19	55	60	−5	039.58
Magallanes		26 May 2023	20 December 2023	25	10	4	11	40	40	+0	040.00
Ñublense		1 January 2024	24 November 2024	40	15	11	14	60	44	+16	037.50
Deportes Temuco		16 December 2024	4 May 2025	14	2	5	7	12	24	−12	014.29
Total				530	238	116	176	890	692	+198	044.91

Honours

Footballer

Club

Unión Española

• Copa Chile (1): 1993

Colo-Colo

• Primera División de Chile (3): 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1998
• Copa Chile (1): 1996

Manager

Club

Barnechea

• Tercera División (1): 2011

Universidad Católica

• Primera División de Chile (2): 2016 Clausura, 2016 Apertura
• Supercopa de Chile (1): 2016

Sporting Cristal

• Peruvian Primera División (1): 2018

Colo-Colo

• Copa Chile (1): 2019