Federico Magallanes
Federico Magallanes ( born August 28, 1976 in Montevideo ) is a former Uruguayan football player.
Association
Forward Pelusa Magallanes began his career as a football player in Uruguay with the CA Peñarol. There he made his debut at the age of 18 years under coach Gregorio Pérez won 3-0 in the game against Progreso in the Primera División. In 1996, he joined the Italian club Atalanta. There, however, he shortly afterwards broke his knee. Still, he could then convince there after a long break. In June 1998 he moved to his time, coached by José Antonio Camacho Real Madrid, which, although for him in economic terms, meant a success, however, ushered in a sporty kink in his career. Already 22 days after his arrival at the club the coach was replaced by Guus Hiddink. At Real Madrid Magallanes, however, was not used, and in January 1999 he moved on loan to Racing Santander. There, he scored one goal in 19 games. The Spaniards, however, there was initially no interest in a further loan, so he went back to Uruguay and played at Defensor Sporting. There he was able to convince on the side of players like Marcelo Tejera, Eliomar, Ederson and the beginning of his career standing, young Diego Pérez in 2000 and was a successful scorer with 13 goals and 19 goals in the Apertura, Clausura and Liguilla overall to in that the association be qualified for the Copa Libertadores. Moreover, this animated his national team career that had suffered under the previous development. Then he returned to Santander. But again he stayed with three goals back after his return to expectations and was often only second choice. His club finished the season also relegated. Then he joined the club again and went to the AC Venice. He then moved to FC Turin. With two Italian clubs he dismounted. He then coached at Albacete in the Tercera División Grupo XVII to stay in shape. José María del Nido signed him in early February 2004 to 30 June 2004 on loan at the time coached by Joaquín Caparrós Sevilla FC, where he scored one goal in five games. After Sevilla put no value on his services, he coached three months at Albacete B. In January 2005, he then signed a contract with Eibar. With the club he dismounted in the Segunda B. Then played Magellanes at Dijon FCO. The next stop was Mérida UD. End of 2008, he finished his career. He left the club in March 2009.
National
Magallanes played for the Uruguayan U -17 and took part in the U-17 South American Championship. On September 20, 1995 Magallanes debuted at the 1-3 defeat in a friendly match against Israel in the Uruguayan national team. His last of 26 international matches he graduated on June 6, 2002. He scored six goals for the Celeste. He participated in Paraguay at the Copa America. Magallanes also played with at the Football World Cup 2002 in Japan and South Korea.