Leandro Paiva

Leandro Paiva
Personal information
Full name Leandro Gastón Paiva Santurión
Date of birth (1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
Sacachispas
Youth career
Club Cohami[3]
Montevideo Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Montevideo Wanderers 30 (0)
2016 Oriental 7 (1)
2016–2017 Deportivo Maldonado 29 (4)
2018 Cerro 34 (8)
2019–2021 Argentinos Juniors 2 (0)
2019–2020Atlante (loan) 10 (1)
2020Cerro (loan) 17 (3)
2021 Rentistas 17 (0)
2022 Central Español 24 (5)
2023 Albion 7 (0)
2024 Bella Vista
2024– Sacachispas
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2024

Leandro Gastón Paiva Santurión (born 15 February 1994) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Guatemalan club Sacachispas.[1]

Career

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Paiva's had youth stints with Club Cohami and Montevideo Wanderers.[1][4] He made his professional bow in the Uruguayan Primera División on 11 May 2013, featuring for the final moments of a home victory over Liverpool; he had previously been an unused substitute earlier that month against Racing Club.[1] In total, he made thirty appearances across four seasons with Montevideo Wanderers.[1] February 2016 saw Oriental of the Uruguayan Segunda División sign Paiva.[1] He netted his first senior goal in his final match on 11 June versus Huracán.[1] A move to Deportivo Maldonado was completed in July.[1] Four goals in thirty-one followed.[1]

On 8 January 2018, Paiva joined top-flight outfit Cerro.[1] His stint with the club lasted twelve months, with the midfielder participating in thirty-six fixtures in all competitions whilst scoring nine goals; including a brace in the Primera División over Progreso and one in a Copa Sudamericana second stage encounter against Bahia.[1][5] At the conclusion of the year, in December, Paiva departed Uruguayan football to play in Argentina with Argentinos Juniors.[6][7] He scored on his debut, netting in a Copa Argentina win over Douglas Haig on 5 March 2019.[1] A total of eight games came for him within his first nine months with the Buenos Aires team.[1]

Paiva left Argentinos on loan in September to Ascenso MX's Atlante.[8][9]

Career statistics

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As of 5 September 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Montevideo Wanderers 2012–13 Uruguayan Primera División 2 0 0 0 2 0
2013–14 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2014–15 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2015–16 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 30 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
Oriental 2015–16 Segunda División 7 1 0 0 7 1
Deportivo Maldonado 2016 5 0 0 0 5 0
2017 24 4 2[a] 0 26 4
Total 29 4 2 0 31 4
Cerro 2018 Uruguayan Primera División 34 8 2[b] 1 0 0 36 9
Argentinos Juniors 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 2 0 1 1 2 0 3[b] 0 0 0 8 1
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 8 1
Atlante (loan) 2019–20 Ascenso MX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 102 13 1 1 4 1 5 0 0 0 112 15
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Segunda División play-offs
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Leandro Paiva at Soccerway
  2. ^ Leandro Paiva at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ Profile
  4. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de LEANDRO PAIVA". BDFA. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Leandro Paiva: el peón goleador". Ovación. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  6. ^ "La increíble historia de vida de Leandro Paiva, uno de los refuerzos de Argentinos Juniors". TyC Sports. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Leandro Paiva fue vendido a Argentinos Jrs por 450.000 dólares". Subrayado. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Informamos a nuestros socios, hinchas, medios partidarios y nacionales, que el jugador Leandro Paiva ha sido cedido a préstamo por un año sin cargo y sin opción de compra al Atlante de Mexico". Argentinos Juniors. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Argentinos Juniors cedió a Leandro Paiva al Atlante de México, que tiene siete uruguayos". Fútbol. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.