Richard Leyton

Richard Andrés Leyton Abrigo (born January 25, 1987 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean footballer, who plays goalkeeper for Universidad de Concecpión.

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)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Universidad de Concecpión
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– U. de Concecpión 0 (0)
National team‡
2007 U-20 Chile 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:43, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

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

In 2010, he joined Santiago Morning.[1]

Honours

Club
Colo-Colo

References
  1. Santiago Morning sigue sumando piezas para la temporada 2010 at cooperativa.cl (in Spanish)


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