Leonardo Salas
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Salas | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1939[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Chile | ||
| Date of death | 31 March 2020 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | El Salvador | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1966 | Audax Italiano | 68 | (18) |
| 1966 | Atlante San Alejo | ||
| 1967–1968 | Alianza | ||
| 1968–? | Atlante San Alejo | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980–1982 | UES | ||
| 1986 | UES | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leonardo Salas (14 September 1939 – 31 March 2020) was a Chilean football manager and player who played as a forward. Besides Chile, he developed his career in El Salvador.
Salas played for Audax Italiano in the Chilean Primera División from 1962 to 1966.[2][3][4]
In 1967, he moved to El Salvador by recommendation of the Chilean coach Hernán Carrasco and joined Atlante San Alejo.[5] Next, he switched to Alianza, taking part of the historical squad known as La Oquesta Alba (The White Orchestra). With Alianza, he won the 1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup,[1] scoring in both the semifinal against Philadelphia Ukrainians and the finals against Jong Colombia.[5]
Considered a historical player of Alianza, he was honored in May 2019 in a 2019 Clausura match against Municipal Limeño.[6]
He returned to Atlante San Alejo in 1968 and retired due to a knee injury.[5]
As a football manager, he led Universidad de El Salvador in its promotion to the Salvadoran Primera División in 1981.[7]
He also worked as football coach at Externado San José School, José Matías Delgado University and FundaMadrid El Salvador[5] as well as at some El Salvador national youth teams at the end of the 1970s.[7]
