Mario Salas (footballer)


Mario Alfredo Salas Saieg is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Career

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.

Personal life

Salas married the personal trainer Nathalie Pizarro in December 2025.

Honours

Footballer

;Unión Española
;Colo-Colo

Manager

;Barnechea
;Universidad Católica
;Sporting Cristal
;Colo-Colo