- Arturo Salah
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Arturo Salah Personal information Full name Arturo Salah Cassani Date of birth December 4, 1949 Place of birth Chile Playing position Defender (retired) Club information Current club Huachipato (manager) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1969–1971 Audax Italiano 1972–1974 Universidad Católica 1975–1981 Universidad de Chile 1982–1983 Palestino Teams managed 1984–1985 Universidad Católica (Head of Youth Development) 1986–1990 Colo-Colo 1990–1993 Chile 1992–1994 Universidad de Chile 1994–1996 Monterrey
Cobreloa1999–2000 Huachipato 2004–2007 Universidad de Chile * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Arturo Salah Cassani (born December 4, 1949 in Chile) is a Chilean former football player, who currently is an unemployed manager. He is of Palestinian background. Lastly he managed the Universidad de Chile. As a player, Salah played for Audax, Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile and Palestino.
Manager career
He began his managerial career with Colo-Colo. He won two national championships (1986 & 1989), finished runner-up twice (1987 & 1988), and won the Copa Chile three times with Colo-Colo. After that impressive run with Colo-Colo, Salah took charge of the Chilean national team from 1990 to 1993. In 1991 he led "La Roja" to a third place in the Copa America. He stayed in charged of "La Roja" for 30 games, of which he won 12, tied 7, and lost 11.
After that he was hired as the coach of Universidad de Chile. His first stint with the team lasted one year before he moved to coach Mexican team Monterrey.
In 2001, Salah was hired as National Director of Chiledeportes. He return to coaching in 2003. In Huachipato Salah raised the teams level of play and reached the 2006 Copa Sudamerica, being eliminated by Colo-Colo. He stayed with the team until 2007 when he was hired by Universidad de Chile.
In his career he has coached 421 games, won 209, tied 124, and lost 88.
Titles
Season Club Title 1986 Colo-Colo Primera Division Chile Champion 1988 Colo-Colo Copa Chile Champion 1989 Colo-Colo Primera Division Chile Champion 1989 Colo-Colo Copa Chile Champion 1990 Colo-Colo Copa Chile Champion References
Chile squad – 1991 Copa América Third Place 
Chile squad – 1993 Copa América Chile national football team – managers Bertola (1917) · Bertone (1920–22) · Rosetti (1926) · Powell (1928) · Orth (1930–32) · Mazullo (1936–39) · Garay (1941) · Orth (1942–44) · Orth (1948–49) · Bucciardi (1949–50) · Orth (1950–54) · Salerno (1956–57) · Pakozdi (1957) · Riera (1958–62) · Hormazábal (1962–65) · Alamos (1965–66) · Scopelli (1966–67) · Nocetti (1968–69) · Hormazábal (1970) · Riera (1970) · Vera (1971) · Pino (1971–72) · Gutendorf (1972) · Alamos (1973–74) · Morales (1974–75) · Peña (1976–77) · Santibáñez (1977–82) · Ibarra (1982–83) · Carrasco (1984) · Cantatore (1984) · Morales (1985) · Ibarra (1986) · Aravena (1987) · Rodríguez (1987) · Aravena (1988–89) · Salah (1990–93) · Acosta (1993) · Jozić (1994) · Azkargorta (1995–96) · Acosta (1996–2000) · García (2001) · Garcés (2001) · Vaccia (2002) · Olmos (2003–05) · Acosta (2005–07) · Bielsa (2007–11) · Borghi (2011–)
Club de Fútbol Universidad de Chile – managers Tirado (1938–41) · Scopelli (1941–45) · Tirado (1946–49) · Nocetti (1950) · Scopelli (1950–52) · Busquets (1952) · Ormos (1953–54) · Alamos (1954) · Tirado (1955) · Alamos (1956–1966) · Scopelli (1967–68) · Urrutia (1968) · Ramos (1969–1974) · Musso (1974) · Tassara (1975) · Ibarra (1975–77) · Oyarzún (1978) · Ramos (1978) · Riera (1978–80) · Rodríguez (1981) · Riera (1981–82) · Santibañez (1983) · Ramos (1983–84) · Carrasco (1984) · Ibarra (1985) · Sánchez (1985–86) · Riera (1987) · Sánchez (1987) · Quintano (1987) · Pellegrini (1988–89) · Ibarra (1989) · Rodríguez (1990) · Morales (1991) · Quintano (1991) · Salah (1992–94) · Socías (1994–95) · Russo (1996) · Hernández (1997–99) · Vaccia (1999–2001) · Castañeda (2002–03) · Pinto (2004–05) · Huerta (2006) · Capitano (2007) · Socías (2007) · Salah (2007–08) · Markarián (2009) · Basualdo (2009) · Pelusso (2010) · Sampaoli (2011–)
Categories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- Chilean footballers
- Universidad de Chile players
- Universidad Católica footballers
- Audax Italiano players
- CD Palestino players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Chilean Primera B players
- Chilean football managers
- Chile national football team managers
- Chilean people of Arab descent
- Chilean people of Italian descent
- 1991 Copa América managers
- 1993 Copa América managers
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