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 football team|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 Chilean [Primera División B|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