Leonardo Sequeira
 Sequeira with Everton in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Exequiel Sequeira | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | La Banda, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Peñarol (on loan from Everton) | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Agua y Energía | |||
| Vélez de San Ramón | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Central Córdoba SdE | 85 | (9) |
| 2017–2018 | → Belgrano (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2018–2022 | Belgrano | 67 | (4) |
| 2021 | → Central Córdoba SdE (loan) | 29 | (6) |
| 2022 | → Querétaro (loan) | 29 | (4) |
| 2023 | Real Oviedo | 12 | (1) |
| 2023– | Everton | 14 | (2) |
| 2024– | → Peñarol (loan) | 18 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024 | |||
Leonardo Exequiel Sequeira (born 26 April 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Uruguayan club Peñarol on loan from Chilean club Everton.[2]
Career
[edit]Sequeira started his career in Santiago del Estero with Central Córdoba, after youth spells with Agua y Energía and Vélez de San Ramón.[3][4] He made his senior debut on 26 March 2014 versus Gimnasia y Esgrima, playing the final twenty-five minutes in a 1–0 Torneo Federal A win.[2] In the following November, Sequeira scored his first goal in a win against Unión Aconquija which secured promotion to the 2015 Primera B Nacional.[2] He went on to score eight goals in sixty-nine matches in the second tier.[2] On 16 August 2017, Sequeira joined Argentine Primera División side Belgrano on loan.[5][6] His top-flight debut came vs. Tigre on 22 September.[2]
He made his 100th career appearance during a draw away to Defensa y Justicia on 12 March 2018.[2] Belgrano purchased Sequeira permanently at the conclusion of the 2017–18 campaign.[7] On 10 December 2021, Sequeira signed a new deal with Belgrano until the end of 2023 and was simultaneously loaned out to Liga MX club Querétaro for the 2022 season, with a purchase option.[8]
In 2023, Sequeira moved to Chile and joined Everton de Viña del Mar. In November of the same year, he renewed his contract until December 2025.[9] The next year, he moved on loan to Uruguayan club Peñarol.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 17 May 2018[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Central Córdoba | 2013–14 | Torneo Argentino A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Torneo Federal A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | Primera B Nacional | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Torneo Federal A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 85 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 86 | 9 | ||||
| Belgrano (loan) | 2017–18 | Primera División | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 107 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 108 | 10 | ||||
- ^ Includes the Copa Argentina
References
[edit]- ^ Leonardo Sequeira at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d e f g "Leonardo Sequeira profile". Soccerway. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Leonardo Sequeira, el nuevo refuerzo de Central Córdoba". Mundo Ascenso. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Leonardo Sequeira profile". BDFA. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Belgrano y una nueva alternativa en la delantera: Leonardo Sequeira". TyC Sports. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Leonardo Sequeira ya está en Córdoba para firmar en Belgrano". Via Pais. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Con bajas sensibles, Belgrano jugará el domingo con Platense". Cadena3. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ Leonardo Sequeira extendió su contrato con Belgrano y es prestado a México, lavoz.com.ar, 10 December 2021
- ^ "Everton anunció la renovación del delantero Leonardo Sequeira". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Peñarol presentó oficialmente a un jugador por el que Diego Aguirre insistió mucho". El Observador (in Spanish). 8 February 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Leonardo Sequeira at Soccerway
- Leonardo Sequeira at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from La Banda
- Sportspeople from Santiago del Estero Province
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Torneo Argentino A players
- Torneo Federal A players
- Primera Nacional players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Liga MX players
- Segunda División players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers
- Club Atlético Belgrano footballers
- Querétaro F.C. footballers
- Real Oviedo players
- Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
- Peñarol players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen