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Richard Leyton

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Richard Leyton
Personal information
Full name Richard Andrés Leyton Abrigo
Date of birth (1987-01-25) January 25, 1987 (age 37)
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 Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Colo-Colo 9 (0)
2008–2009 Deportes Puerto Montt 16 (0)
2010 Santiago Morning 1 (0)
2010 Ñublense 0 (0)
2011 San Luis 11 (0)
2012–2014 Coquimbo Unido 61 (0)
2014–2015 Curicó Unido 27 (0)
2015–2016 Malleco Unido 31 (0)
2016–2018 Deportes Valdivia 43 (0)
2019 Rangers 9 (0)
2020–2021 Universidad de Concepción 2 (0)
2021– Deportes Copiapó 12 (0)
International career
2007 Chile U20 2 (0)
2008 Chile U23 0 (0)
*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

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

In 2010, he joined Santiago Morning.[1]

International career

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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]

Honours

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Club

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Colo-Colo

References

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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.
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