3–1 win in the reverse fixture. He was selected for the finals in South Africa, playing once for the semi-finalists (three minutes in the group stage 0–0 draw against France). Always as a substitute, Eguren was used regularly in the 2011 Copa América as his nation won its 15th continental tournament. Manager Óscar Tabárez also took him to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, where he was part of a completely changed team that beat Tahiti 8–0 in the group stage en route to finishing fourth. Coaching career Shortly after retiring as a player, Eguren received his first coaching job in June 2016 when he was hired as assistant to Martín Lasarte at Nacional. He followed him to Al Ahly SC, where they won the Egyptian Premier League in 2018–19. In September 2020, Eguren was hired at Atenas de San Carlos in his country's second division, having previously been the sporting director. He left the following February, to work beside Lasarte again on the Chile national team. Lasarte and Eguren quit the Chile national team in April 2022, having failed to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar; the assistant put the blame on the advanced age of the team's star players and the failure to develop replacements for them. Days later, he was hired in his first top-flight job as a manager, with 12th-placed Montevideo City Torque. On his Torque debut on 6 May 2022, Eguren recorded a 2–2 draw at Club Sportivo Cerrito. He resigned from the City Football Group-owned team on 20 September, having won four and lost half of 20 league matches. 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. 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 spoke openly about politics, admiring president José Mujica, with whom he shared views in favour of legalising cannabis and abortion. 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 |- | align="center"|1 || 28 May 2008 || Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway || || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–2 || Friendly |- | align="center"|2 || 20 August 2008 || Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan ||