Richard Leyton

Richard Leyton
	Leyton with Deportes Copiapó in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Richard Andrés Leyton Abrigo
Date of birth	January 25, 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Deportes Copiapó
Number	1
Youth career
2003–2005	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2007	Colo-Colo
2008–2009	Deportes Puerto Montt
2010	Santiago Morning
2010	Ñublense
2011	San Luis
2012–2014	Coquimbo Unido
2014–2015	Curicó Unido
2015–2016	Malleco Unido
2016–2018	Deportes Valdivia
2019	Rangers
2020–2021	Universidad de Concepción
2021–	Deportes Copiapó
International career‡
2007	Chile U20
2008	Chile U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:43, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Richard Andrés Leyton Abrigo (born January 25, 1987) is a Chilean footballer, who plays goalkeeper for Deportes Copiapó.

Club career

He made his professional debut in 2006 in a game versus Deportes Puerto Montt.

In 2010, he joined Santiago Morning.^[1]

International career

In the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay, Leyton started the first two games for Chile. Chile lost those two games by a combined scored of 5–2. Leyton was regulated to the bench and Cristopher Toselli took over in goal for the rest of the tournament and subsequently the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. Leyton did not make the trip to Canada.

Later, he represented Chile U23 at the 2008 Inter Continental Cup in Malaysia.^[2]

Personal life

At the same time Leyton has developed his football career, he has worked as a real estate agent and started a playground in Copiapó named Atacama Jump.^[3]

Honours

Colo-Colo

Primera División de Chile (4): 2006 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura

References

^ Santiago Morning sigue sumando piezas para la temporada 2010 at cooperativa.cl (in Spanish)
^ "Cortés, Gazale y Cereceda liderarán a Chile en torneo sub 23 de Malasia" (in Spanish). ADN. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ Ortega, Pablo (28 December 2024). ""Es un proyecto personal... Surgió de la inquietud por pensar más allá del fútbol"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2024.

External links

(in Spanish) BDFA profile

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[1] Santiago Morning sigue sumando piezas para la temporada 2010 at cooperativa.cl (in Spanish)

[2] "Cortés, Gazale y Cereceda liderarán a Chile en torneo sub 23 de Malasia" (in Spanish). ADN. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[3] Ortega, Pablo (28 December 2024). ""Es un proyecto personal... Surgió de la inquietud por pensar más allá del fútbol"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2024.

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