Arturo Salah Cassani (born 4 December 1949) is a Chilean former

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and

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. From January 2016 until 2019 he was the president of

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. He studied

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at the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

Manager career

He began his managerial career with

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has played ...

. He won two national championships (1986 & 1989), finished runner-up twice (1987 & 1988), and won the

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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

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. 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

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. In 2001, Salah was hired as National Director of ''Chiledeportes'', turning back to coaching in 2003. In

Huachipato Club Deportivo Huachipato is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that is a current member of the Chilean Primera División. The club was founded 7 June 1947 and plays its home games at the Estadio CAP, which has a capacity of 10,500 ...

Salah raised the team's level of play and reached the 2006 Copa Sudamerica, being eliminated by

. 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.

Honours

Player

Club

;Universidad de Chile *

: 1979

Manager

Club

;Colo-Colo *

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(2): 1986, 1989 *

(3): 1988, 1989, 1990

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Salah, Arturo 1949 births Living people Chilean people of Palestinian descent Chilean people of Italian descent Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Audax Italiano footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Universidad de Chile footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Association football defenders Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers Colo-Colo managers Chile national football team managers Universidad de Chile managers C.F. Monterrey managers Cobreloa managers Huachipato managers Santiago Wanderers managers Chilean Primera División managers Liga MX managers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate football managers in Mexico 1991 Copa América managers 1993 Copa América managers Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Presidents of the ANFP