Richard Andrés Leyton Abrigo (born January 25, 1987) is a Chilean footballer, who plays goalkeeper for
Deportes Copiapó
Club de Deportes Copiapó — or simply Deportes Copiapó — is a Chilean football club based in Copiapó, Atacama Region. Founded in 1999 after Regional Atacama's folding, it currently plays in the Primera B (second-tier) and holds ...
.
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
The 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in Paraguay between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. This was the ...
in
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
, 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
Cristopher Benjamín Toselli Ríos (, born 15 June 1988) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Universidad de Chile.
Toselli is best known for beating Cláudio Taffarel's clean sheet record of 484 minutes during 2007 FIFA U-20 W ...
took over in goal for the rest of the tournament and subsequently the
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...
in
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
. Leyton did not make the trip to Canada.
Later, he represented
Chile U23
The Chile Olympic football team (also known as Chile under-23, Chile U-23) represents Chile in international football competitions at the Olympic Games and Pan American Games. Since the 1992 tournament, the team is limited to players under the ag ...
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
References
External links
BDFA profile
1987 births
Living people
Chilean men's footballers
Chile men's under-20 international footballers
Chilean people of English descent
Colo-Colo footballers
Deportes Puerto Montt footballers
Santiago Morning footballers
Ñublense footballers
San Luis de Quillota footballers
Coquimbo Unido footballers
Curicó Unido footballers
Malleco Unido footballers
Deportes Valdivia footballers
Rangers de Talca footballers
C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers
Deportes Copiapó footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Primera B de Chile players
Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
Footballers from Santiago
Men's association football goalkeepers
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