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Sebastián Eguren Ledesma (born 8 January 1981) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Sebastián Eguren

Eguren in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Sebastián Eguren Ledesma
Date of birth	(1981-01-08) 8 January 1981 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay[1]
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Montevideo Wanderers	36	(6)
2002–2003	Danubio	27	(6)
2003–2004	Nacional	39	(5)
2005	Montevideo Wanderers	23	(3)
2005–2006	Rosenborg	23	(0)
2006–2008	Hammarby	36	(13)
2008	→ Villarreal (loan)	15	(0)
2008–2010	Villarreal	46	(1)
2010	AIK	7	(0)
2010–2012	Sporting Gijón	49	(3)
2012–2013	Libertad	26	(4)
2013–2014	Palmeiras	17	(2)
2015	Colón	8	(0)
2015–2016	Nacional	11	(0)
Total		363	(43)
National team
2001–2013	Uruguay	54	(7)
Teams managed
2016–2017	Nacional (assistant)
2018–2019	Al Ahly (assistant)
2020–2021	Atenas de San Carlos
2021–2022	Chile (assistant)
2022	Montevideo City Torque
Honours Representing  Uruguay Copa América 2004 Peru Team Winner 2011 Argentina Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eguren started his career with Montevideo Wanderers in 1999, and went on to play professionally in Norway, Sweden, Spain, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina before retiring in 2016. He earned 57 caps for Uruguay between 2001 and 2013, and represented his country at the 2010 World Cup and two Copa América tournaments.

Club career

Born in Montevideo, Eguren started his career in native country, playing for Montevideo Wanderers FC (twice) and Club Nacional de Football. With the latter, after the 0–0 Copa Libertadores game against Club Deportivo El Nacional on 12 February 2004, he tested positive for cocaine, being suspended from football for six months. He blamed the coca tea, widely drunk in the Andean countries as a medicine which alleviates the effects of altitude, and got the shortest suspension for this kind of cases (this specific match was played at 2,800 meters above sea level, in Quito).[2]

Eguren arrived at Hammarby IF from Norwegian club Rosenborg BK, on loan during the later part of the 2006 season and, on 5 December 2006, signed a three-year contract with the Swedish side, where he quickly became a fan favourite.

On 30 January 2008, Eguren joined Villarreal CF of La Liga, on loan until the end of the campaign.[3] Almost immediately cast into the starting XI, he partnered Marcos Senna in centre midfield as the Yellow Submarine obtained its best position ever in the top flight by finishing second; in May the Spaniards decided to make the move permanent, and the player penned a three-year deal.[4]

During 2008–09, more of the same: Eguren was, alongside Senna, an everpresent fixture, and the Uruguayan scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 home draw against Getafe CF (with the Madrid side leading 3–0 at the half-hour mark).[5] He played 32 league matches in his first full season.

In late January 2010, as he had lost his defensive midfielder position to youth graduate Bruno, Eguren was loaned to S.S. Lazio.[6] However, the move was cancelled days later, after the player did not pass his medical.[7]

Anxious for playing time in order to secure a spot on the national squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Eguren signed with reigning Swedish champions AIK Fotboll on 19 February 2010. According to their director of football Björn Wesström, the agreement was technically not a loan deal as the player had no contractual obligations with Villareal until 1 July 2010 – however, he was due to return to Spain since he still had 12 months left of his contract.[8] In early March, it was decided by the club to put the player under police protection, after he was harassed while training by fans of former side Hammarby, a fierce rival to AIK;[9] he usually operated as a defensive midfielder previously, but manager Mikael Stahre preferred using him in an attacking midfielder or deep-lying forward role.

In late July 2010, Eguren returned to Spain but not to Villarreal, signing a three-year contract with fellow league team Sporting de Gijón.[10] He contributed with 19 games and two goals in his second year, but the Asturians suffered relegation.

In July 2013, Eguren signed a one-and-a-half year deal with Brazil's Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras.[11] He confessed that his changing of club happened because he did not have enough playing time at his previous team Club Libertad, where he played second-fiddle to Pablo Guiñazú.[12]

International career

Eguren made his debut for Uruguay during the 2001 Copa América, entering the pitch in the 63rd minute of a 1–0 win against Bolivia, and added a further two appearances in the competition.[13] On 28 May 2008, after a five-year absence, he scored his first goal for the Charrúas, netting in a 2–2 friendly with Norway in Oslo.[14]

Egurén was also selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, playing once for the semi-finalists (three minutes in the group stage 0–0 draw against France).[15] Always as a substitute, he was then used regularly in the 2011 Copa América as nation won its 15th continental tournament.[16]

Personal life

During most of his career in Europe, Eguren did not count as a foreign player, due to the fact he was married to a Swedish woman.[7] He did not master the Swedish language however.

Besides his musical preferences, ranging from Bob Dylan to Pink Floyd, and his literary ones (he is a fan of compatriots Mario Benedetti and Eduardo Galeano), Eguren speaks openly about politics, admiring president José Mujica, and is in favour of the legalization of marijuana which, according to him, would represent more tax revenues to governments. He plays for his child's school team. The FGL eagles[12][17]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Eguren goal.

List of international goals scored by Sebastián Eguren

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	28 May 2008	Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway	Norway	2–1	2–2	Friendly
2	20 August 2008	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan	Japan	1–0	3–1	Friendly
3	6 September 2008	El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia	Colombia	1–0	1–0	2010 World Cup qualification
4	11 February 2009	11 June, Tripoli, Libya	Libya	1–0	3–2	Friendly
5	9 September 2009	Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Colombia	3–1	3–1	2010 World Cup qualification
6	8 October 2010	Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	4–1	7–1	Friendly
7	10 June 2012	Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Peru	4–2	4–2	2014 World Cup qualification

Honours

AIK

• Svenska Supercupen: 2010

Palmeiras

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2013

Uruguay

• Copa América: 2011[16]

References

External links

• Sebastián Eguren at BDFutbol
• Sebastián Eguren at National-Football-Teams.com
• Sebastián Eguren – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Sebastián Eguren at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Sebastián Eguren

Sebastián Eguren, vollständiger Name Sebastián Eguren Ledesma, (* 8. Januar 1981 in Montevideo) ist ein ehemaliger uruguayischer Fußballspieler. Er besitzt neben der uruguayischen auch die schwedische Staatsbürgerschaft.

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- [en] Sebastián Eguren

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[es] Sebastián Eguren

Sebastián Eguren Ledesma (Montevideo, Uruguay, 8 de enero de 1981) es un exfutbolista y actual entrenador uruguayo nacionalizado sueco que jugaba de centrocampista.[1] Actualmente no dirige a ningún club.

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[fr] Sebastián Eguren

Sebastián Eguren est un ancien footballeur international uruguayen, né le 8 janvier 1981 et qui évoluait au poste de milieu défensif.

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[it] Sebastián Eguren

Sebastián Eguren Ledesma (Montevideo, 8 gennaio 1981) è un ex calciatore uruguaiano, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Эгурен, Себастьян

Себастья́н Эгу́рен Леде́сма (исп. Sebastián Eguren Ledesma; 8 января 1981, Монтевидео) — уругвайский футболист, выступавший на позиции полузащитника; тренер.

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