Raúl Salazar

Raúl Salazar
Personal information
Full name Raúl Alejandro Salazar Carrancio
Date of birth (1974-08-20) 20 August 1974
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
River Plate Montevideo (manager)
Youth career
River Plate Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 River Plate Montevideo
1999 Aucas
2000 River Plate Montevideo
2001 Aucas 10 (1)
2002–2003 Racing Montevideo
2004–2005 LDU Portoviejo
2005 3 de Febrero 7 (0)
2006 LDU Portoviejo
2007–2010 Central Español 17 (0)
International career
1991 Uruguay U17 1 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2018 Danubio (youth)
2019–2021 Peñarol (reserves)
2022 Peñarol (assistant)
2023 Alianza Lima (assistant)
2024 Newell's Old Boys (assistant)
2025 Peñarol (youth)
2025– River Plate Montevideo
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Alejandro Salazar Carrancio (born 20 August 1974) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of River Plate Montevideo.

Playing career

Born in Montevideo, Salazar was a River Plate Montevideo youth graduate before making his first team debut in 1996. In 1999, he moved abroad and joined Ecuadorian side Aucas, before returning to his former club in 2000.

In 2002, after another one-year spell at Aucas,[1] Salazar signed for Racing Montevideo. He returned to Ecuador in 2004 with LDU Portoviejo, before joining Paraguayan side 3 de Febrero in July 2005.[2]

Salazar returned to LDU Portoviejo in 2006, before returning to his home country in the following year with Central Español. He retired with the latter in 2010, aged 36.

Managerial career

After retiring, Salazar started working in the youth sides of Danubio before joining Peñarol on 26 December 2018, as manager of their reserve side.[3] Ahead of the 2022 season, he became Mauricio Larriera's assistant in the first team.[4]

Salazar followed Larriera to Alianza Lima[5] and Newell's Old Boys,[6] always as his assistant. In January 2025, he returned to Peñarol as an under-19 manager.

On 19 August 2025, Salazar was appointed manager of his first club River Plate.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Aucas y Emeléc empataron en el Capwel" [Aucas and Emelec draw at the Capwel] (in Spanish). La Hora. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Raúl Salazar, uruguayo, es otro refuerzo" [Raúl Salazar, Uruguayan, is another addition] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 27 July 2005. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Peñarol: Raúl Salazar, DT de 3ra" [Peñarol: Raúl Salazar, manager of the reserves] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Vuelve Arias a Peñarol" [Arias returns to Peñarol] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Mauricio Larriera llegó al país para asumir la dirección técnica de Alianza Lima" [Mauricio Larriera arrived in the country to take over the technical direction of Alianza Lima] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Comenzó la Era Larriera en Newell's: inicio de la pretemporada y movimientos en el plantel" [The Larriera era started at Newell's: start of the pre-season and movements in the squad] (in Spanish). Olé. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Raúl Salazar, asume el reto" [Raúl Salazar takes the role] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.