Leandro Gastón Paiva Santurión (born 15 February 1994) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Guatemalan club Sacachispas.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leandro Gastón Paiva Santurión | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sacachispas | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Club Cohami[3] | |||
| Montevideo Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Montevideo Wanderers | 30 | (0) |
| 2016 | Oriental | 7 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Deportivo Maldonado | 29 | (4) |
| 2018 | Cerro | 34 | (8) |
| 2019–2021 | Argentinos Juniors | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Atlante (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Cerro (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2021 | Rentistas | 17 | (0) |
| 2022 | Central Español | 24 | (5) |
| 2023 | Albion | 7 | (0) |
| 2024 | Bella Vista | ||
| 2024– | Sacachispas | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2024 | |||
Career
editPaiva's had youth stints with Club Cohami and Montevideo Wanderers.[1][4] He made his professional bow in the Uruguayan Primera División on 11 May 2013, featuring for the final moments of a home victory over Liverpool; he had previously been an unused substitute earlier that month against Racing Club.[1] In total, he made thirty appearances across four seasons with Montevideo Wanderers.[1] February 2016 saw Oriental of the Uruguayan Segunda División sign Paiva.[1] He netted his first senior goal in his final match on 11 June versus Huracán.[1] A move to Deportivo Maldonado was completed in July.[1] Four goals in thirty-one followed.[1]
On 8 January 2018, Paiva joined top-flight outfit Cerro.[1] His stint with the club lasted twelve months, with the midfielder participating in thirty-six fixtures in all competitions whilst scoring nine goals; including a brace in the Primera División over Progreso and one in a Copa Sudamericana second stage encounter against Bahia.[1][5] At the conclusion of the year, in December, Paiva departed Uruguayan football to play in Argentina with Argentinos Juniors.[6][7] He scored on his debut, netting in a Copa Argentina win over Douglas Haig on 5 March 2019.[1] A total of eight games came for him within his first nine months with the Buenos Aires team.[1]
Paiva left Argentinos on loan in September to Ascenso MX's Atlante.[8][9]
Career statistics
edit- As of 5 September 2019.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2012–13 | Uruguayan Primera División | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 30 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Oriental | 2015–16 | Segunda División | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Deportivo Maldonado | 2016 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 24 | 4 | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 26 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 29 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4 | |||||
| Cerro | 2018 | Uruguayan Primera División | 34 | 8 | — | — | 2[b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9 | ||
| Argentinos Juniors | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Atlante (loan) | 2019–20 | Ascenso MX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 102 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 15 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Segunda División play-offs
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Leandro Paiva at Soccerway
- ^ Leandro Paiva at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Profile
- ^ "Ficha Estadistica de LEANDRO PAIVA". BDFA. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Leandro Paiva: el peón goleador". Ovación. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "La increíble historia de vida de Leandro Paiva, uno de los refuerzos de Argentinos Juniors". TyC Sports. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Leandro Paiva fue vendido a Argentinos Jrs por 450.000 dólares". Subrayado. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Informamos a nuestros socios, hinchas, medios partidarios y nacionales, que el jugador Leandro Paiva ha sido cedido a préstamo por un año sin cargo y sin opción de compra al Atlante de Mexico". Argentinos Juniors. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Argentinos Juniors cedió a Leandro Paiva al Atlante de México, que tiene siete uruguayos". Fútbol. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.