 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Zalayeta akatanga basa rake neDanubio ndokuzoenda kuPeñarol muUruguay muna 1997, kwaakazviitira zita, kuhwina Uruguayan Primera División uye Uruguayan Liguilla Cup. Akatamira kuJuventus gare gare gore iroro, asi kunyange zvazvo aionekwa semutambi wechidiki anovimbisa panguva iyoyo, haana kupiwa mukana wakawanda wekuzviratidza nekuda kwemakwikwi akaoma kubva kune vamwe vakawanda vakakurumbira mberi mukirabhu. Zvisinei, akarova chinangwa chakakosha paakatanga Serie A musi wa14 Kurume 1998, mumutambo we2x2 pamba paNapoli; Juventus yaizopedza mwaka semakwikwi emutambo. Akabva apedza mwaka wechikwereti neEmpoli, uye akatambawo muUruguays surge yeCopa América muna 1999, iyo yakarasikirwa mufainari kuBrazil. Mamwe makore maviri kure nekirabhu akatevera, uye akatambira divi reSpanish Sevilla kusvika 2001. Pakupedzisira, apo zvaiita sokuti Juve yakanga isisina vatambi, akadzorerwa kuItaly pakutanga kwemwaka wa2001-02., asi akakweretwa kuPerugia muna 2004 asati adzokera kuJuventus mugore rimwe chetero. 