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Sebastián Abreu
Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abreu and the second or maternal family name is Gallo.
Washington Sebastián Abreu Gallo (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjan aˈβɾew]; born 17 October 1976) is a Uruguayan football manager and former footballer. 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 |
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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.