Mario Szlafmyc

Mario Szlafmyc Grimberg (born 9 August 1989) is a Uruguayan football manager.

Mario Szlafmyc

Personal information
Full name	Mario Szlafmyc Grimberg
Date of birth	(1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Managerial career
Years	Team
2010–2012	Rampla Juniors (youth)
2013–2014	Miramar Misiones (youth)
2014–2015	Fénix (youth)
2016	Defensa y Justicia (assistant)
2016	Miramar Misiones (youth)
2017	Plaza Colonia (reserves)
2017	Plaza Colonia (assistant)
2018–2019	Plaza Colonia
2020	Talleres (assistant)
2021–2022	Central Español
2022	Cerrito
2024	Uruguay Montevideo

Career

Born in Montevideo, Szlafmyc studied Economics before switching taking a technical course to become a football manager at the age of 18. He worked as a youth coach for Rampla Juniors, Miramar Misiones and Fénix before being invited by manager Ariel Holan to join his staff at Argentine side Defensa y Justicia in the end of 2015.^[1]

After Holan left Defensa, Szlafmyc returned to his home country and to Miramar, working as manager of the under-16 team.^[1] He was offered a role as manager of Plaza Colonia's reserves in early 2017,^[1] before being named first team manager of the latter on 11 January 2018.^[2]

Szlafmyc led Plaza back to the Primera División,^[3] but resigned on 27 March 2019.^[4] In July, he returned to Miramar to work as a sporting director,^[5] and subsequently joined Alexander Medina's staff at Talleres de Córdoba on 25 December.^[6]

On 20 February 2021, Szlafmyc was named in charge of Segunda División side Central Español.^[7] He was dismissed on 22 April 2022,^[8] and returned to the top tier on 7 June after taking over Cerrito.^[9]

On 9 July 2022, Szlafmyc resigned from Cerrito.^[10]

Personal life

Born in Uruguay, Szlafmyc is of Polish descent.^[11]

References

1. "El muchacho de Colonia" [The boy from Colonia] (in Spanish). El País. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
2. "Mario SZLAFMYC (ex DT de 3a) es el nuevo Director Técnico del PATABLANCA!" [Mario SZLAFMYC (former manager of the 3a) is the new manager of the PATABLANCA!]. Plaza Colonia (in Spanish). Twitter. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
3. "Entrevista a Mario Szlafmyc" [Interview to Mario Szlafmyc] (in Spanish). Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
4. "Plaza: renunció Mario Szlafmyc" [Plaza: Mario Szlafmyc resigned] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
5. "Mario Szlafmyc desembarcó en Miramar Misiones como el nuevo director deportivo" [Mario Szlafmyc landed at Miramar Misiones as the new sporting director] (in Spanish). Colonia Ya. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
6. "Mario Szlafmyc se incorpora a Talleres de Córdoba para trabajar con el Cacique Medina" [Mario Szlafmyc joins Talleres de Córdoba to work with Cacique Medina] (in Spanish). Colonia Ya. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
7. "Mario Szlafmyc es el nuevo entrenador de Central Español" [Mario Szlafmyc is the new manager of Central Español] (in Spanish). El Ascenso. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
8. "Mario Szlafmyc dejó de ser el técnico de Central, asumió Ricardo Tato Ortiz" [Mario Szlafmyc left as manager of Central, Ricardo Tato Ortiz took over] (in Spanish). Central Español. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
9. "Mario Szlafmyc es el nuevo DT de Cerrito" [Mario Szlafmyc is the new manager of Cerrito] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
10. "Mario Szlafmyc dejó de ser el entrenador de Cerrito, que va por su quinto técnico en 2022" [Mario Szlafmyc ceased to be the manager of Cerrito, who go for their fifth manager in 2022] (in Spanish). Futbol.com.uy. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
11. S.A, Telewizja Polska (26 April 2021). "Od potomka "Witkacego" po Dybalę. Egzotycznymi śladami Polaków". sport.tvp.pl.

External links

• Mario Szlafmyc coach profile at Soccerway