Leandro Zazpe

Leandro Zazpe
Personal information
Full name Leandro Agustín Zazpe Rodríguez
Date of birth (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Salinas, Uruguay
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back[2]
Team information
Current team
 Guabirá
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Fénix 34 (1)
2016–2019 Juventud 32 (4)
2017 → Defensa y Justicia (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → Cerro (loan) 30 (2)
2019 Racing Club 20 (1)
2020–2021 Deportes Valdivia 19 (1)
2022 Oriente Petrolero 19 (0)
2023 Libertad 27 (6)
2024– Guabirá 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2020

Leandro Agustín Zazpe Rodríguez (born 29 April, 1994) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a left back for Guabirá.[1]

Career

Zazpe's first club were Fénix.[1][3] He made his professional debut in November 2013 during a 2–1 loss to Peñarol.[1] Fourteen appearances later, Zazpe scored his first senior goal in a win vs. Racing Club on 29 August 2015.[1] In July 2016, Zazpe joined Juventud.[4][5] During 2016 and 2017, he made thirty-two appearances and scored four goals before being loaned to Argentine Primera División side Defensa y Justicia.[1][6][7] He returned at the end of 2017 after no appearances for Defensa, appearing on the bench just once in September against Estudiantes.[1] Whilst in Argentina, Juventud were relegated to tier two.[1]

In January 2018, Zazpe signed for Uruguayan Primera División team Cerro on loan.[1][8] He scored on his debut for Cerro, in a draw with Liverpool on February 4, 2018.[1] A move to Racing Club was completed on 8 January 2019.[1]

Career statistics

As of 31 March 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fénix 2013–14 Uruguayan Primera División 8 0 — — 0 0 8 0
2014–15 4 0 — — 0 0 4 0
2015–16 22 1 — — 0 0 22 1
Total 34 1 — — 0 0 34 1
Juventud 2016 Uruguayan Primera División 11 1 — — 0 0 11 1
2017 21 3 — — 0 0 21 3
2018 Uruguayan Segunda División 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Total 32 4 — — 0 0 32 4
Defensa y Justicia (loan) 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cerro (loan) 2018 Uruguayan Primera División 30 2 — 4[a] 1 0 0 34 3
Racing Club 2019 4 0 — — 0 0 4 0
Career total 100 7 0 0 4 1 0 0 104 8
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Leandro Zazpe profile". Soccerway. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. ^ Profile at WorldFootball, worldfootball.net
  3. ^ "Leandro Zazpe profile". BDFA. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Juventud: llegaría Leandro Zazpe". Tenfield. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Zazpe se suma a los pedrenses". Ovacion Digital. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Zazpe cambia Uruguay por Argentina". BeSoccer. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Defensa y Justicia arranca su nueva ilusión recibiendo a Gimnasia (La Plata)". Uno Santa Fe. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Christian Núñez en la pretemporada". Tenfield. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.