Sebastián Abreu
Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Washington Sebastián Abreu Gallo (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan aˈβɾew]; born 17 October 1976) is a Uruguayan football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. He is the head coach of Mexican club Sinaloa.
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Full name | Washington Sebastián Abreu Gallo[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1976-10-17) 17 October 1976 (age 47)[2] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Minas, Uruguay[1] | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Sinaloa (head coach) | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Olimpia de Minas | ||||||||||||||
Nacional de Minas | ||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Defensor | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1995–1996 | Defensor | 24 | (13) | |||||||||||
1996–1998 | San Lorenzo | 43 | (26) | |||||||||||
1998–2004 | Deportivo La Coruña | 15 | (3) | |||||||||||
1998 | → Grêmio (loan) | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
1999–2000 | → Tecos (loan) | 33 | (27) | |||||||||||
2000–2001 | → San Lorenzo (loan) | 25 | (10) | |||||||||||
2001 | → Nacional (loan) | 18 | (16) | |||||||||||
2002–2003 | → Cruz Azul (loan) | 39 | (34) | |||||||||||
2003 | → América (loan) | 16 | (3) | |||||||||||
2004 | → Tecos (loan) | 17 | (5) | |||||||||||
2004–2005 | Nacional | 31 | (16) | |||||||||||
2005–2006 | Dorados de Sinaloa | 34 | (22) | |||||||||||
2006 | Monterrey | 16 | (7) | |||||||||||
2007 | San Luis | 14 | (6) | |||||||||||
2007–2008 | UANL | 15 | (7) | |||||||||||
2008 | → River Plate (loan) | 17 | (2) | |||||||||||
2008 | Beitar Jerusalem | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
2008–2009 | River Plate | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
2009 | → Real Sociedad (loan) | 18 | (11) | |||||||||||
2009–2010 | Aris | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||
2010–2012 | Botafogo | 93 | (55) | |||||||||||
2012 | → Figueirense (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
2013–2015 | Nacional | 18 | (5) | |||||||||||
2013–2014 | → Rosario Central (loan) | 38 | (8) | |||||||||||
2015 | → Aucas (loan) | 10 | (4) | |||||||||||
2016 | Sol de América | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||
2016 | Santa Tecla | 21 | (13) | |||||||||||
2017 | Bangu | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||
2017 | Central Español | 8 | (6) | |||||||||||
2017 | Puerto Montt | 13 | (11) | |||||||||||
2018 | Audax Italiano | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
2018 | Magallanes | 9 | (3) | |||||||||||
2019 | Rio Branco | 8 | (6) | |||||||||||
2019–2020 | Boston River | 33 | (4) | |||||||||||
2021 | Athletic-MG | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
2021 | Sud América | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
2021 | Olimpia de Minas | 6 | (4) | |||||||||||
Total | 690 | (336) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1996–2012 | Uruguay | 70 | (26) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Santa Tecla (caretaker) | |||||||||||||
2020 | Boston River (player–coach) | |||||||||||||
2022 | Always Ready | |||||||||||||
2022 | Paysandú | |||||||||||||
2023 | Universidad César Vallejo | |||||||||||||
2024– | Sinaloa | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He is best known for his record of appearing for 32 teams in 11 countries during his professional career.[3][4][5][6] Nicknamed Loco (Madman in Spanish), the prolific scorer for club and national team initially retired in 2021 after a four-month stint with Sud América,[7] but later that same year came out of retirement with Olimpia de Minas.[8]
A Uruguayan international for more than 15 years, Abreu represented his country in two World Cups and three Copa América tournaments, winning the latter in 2011.