Richard Leyton

Richard Leyton

Personal information
Full name	Richard Andrés Leyton Abrigo
Date of birth	(1987-01-25) January 25, 1987
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

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

In 2010, he joined Santiago Morning.

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.

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo

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

External links

• (in Spanish) BDFA profile