Mario Alfredo Salas Saieg (, born 11 October 1967) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Cobreloa.
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.
As a football coach, Salas started his career as an assistant for Universidad de Concepción, Unión Española and Everton de Viña del Mar.
Personal life Salas married the personal trainer Nathalie Pizarro in December 2025.
He completed his BA in Physical education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecordBarnechea 1 April 2011 24 November 2012 Chile U-20 9 January 2013 7 July 2013Huachipato 3 January 2014 14 December 2014Universidad Católica 4 January 2015 10 December 2017Sporting Cristal 2 April 2017 18 December 2018Colo-Colo 18 December 2018 25 February 2020Alianza Lima 2 April 2020 30 October 2020 Wadi Degla 1 February 2021 27 May 2021Huachipato 18 October 2021 10 November 2022Magallanes 26 May 2023 20 December 2023Ñublense 1 January 2024 24 November 2024Deportes Temuco 16 December 2024 4 May 2025Cobreloa 15 September 2026 presentTotal
Honours Player Unión Española Copa Chile (1): 1993
Colo-Colo Primera División de Chile (3): 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1998 Copa Chile (1): 1996
Manager 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
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