Celtic impact leads to Uruguayan captaincy for Saracchi

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·12 Oktober 2025

Celtic impact leads to Uruguayan captaincy for Saracchi

Marcelo Saracchi has gone from being in the international wilderness with Uruguay to being recalled and given the captain’s armband for his national side…

Marcelo Saracchi. theRangers v Celtic, 31 August 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

That’s quite a turnaround for the left-back due to his impressive start to his time at Celtic. Being made captain in a friendly after a period out suggests head coach Marcelo Bielsa is willing to trust Saracchi and sees him as part of Uruguay’s leadership group as they focus on the World Cup. It may signal a revival of his international career and it also totally validates his decision to join Celtic on a season long loan in the summer.

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“Playing for the national team is a beautiful thing and being captain is a huge honour. My goal has always been to get playing time,” Saracchi said after captaining his national team to victory.

“I’ve been absent from the national team, so my aim has always been to play as much as possible at Celtic because we have a World Cup coming up and I would very much like to be there. Wearing the captain’s armband is a source of pride and also a huge responsibility,” the Celtic loanee stated, as reported by Glasgow Times.

Marcelo Saracchi at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock v Celtic, 14 September 2025. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

On the difference he’s noticed between playing in Argentina and moving to play his football at Celtic, Saracchi reckons that it’s a completely different style of football he’s now playing.

“At Celtic, it’s a completely different kind of football than Argentinian football, which is more competitive. Scottish football is more similar to English football,” he said, adding: “Marcelo Bielsa and his coaching staff constantly send us analysis of our matches at the clubs and they have guidelines on what kind of full-backs we are, what they want us to repeat and what we need to improve in the national team.”

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Celtic legend Danny McGrain is seen during the League Cup Final between Aberdeen and Celtic at Hampden Park on November 27, 2016. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

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Celtic in the Eighties and Willie Fernie – Putting on the Style both by David Potter. Photo The Celtic Star

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Danny McGrain signing copies of Celtic in the Eighties by David Potter. Photo: Celtic Star Books

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