 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 akaonekwawo mukukwikwidza kweUruguay kuCopa América muna 1999, uyo akarasikirwa mufainari neBrazil. Mamwe makore maviri kure nekirabhu akatevera, uye akatambira divi reSpanish Sevilla kusvika 2001. Pakupedzisira, apo zvakaratidzika kuti Juve yakanga isingakwanisi kuenda mberi, akadzorerwa kuItaly pakutanga kwegore ra2001-02, asi akakweretwa kuPerugia muna 2004 asati adzokera kuJuventus mugore iroro. 