Pedro Leal (footballer)

Pedro Luis Leal Valencia (born 31 January 1989) is a Costa Rican football player, currently playing for Puntarenas. He plays as a defender.[1]

Pedro Leal
Personal information
Full name Pedro Luis Leal Valencia
Date of birth (1989-01-31) 31 January 1989
Place of birth Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Puntarenas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Puntarenas 73 (0)
2011–2012Senica (loan) 24 (0)
2012–2013 Puntarenas 19 (0)
2014 Deportiva Carmelita 32 (3)
2015 Pérez Zeledón 23 (0)
2015–2016 UCR 22 (0)
2016–2018 Carmelita 40 (1)
2018–2019 San Carlos 13 (1)
2019– Puntarenas
International career
2009 Costa Rica U20 1 (0)
2010 Costa Rica U21 1 (0)
2011– Costa Rica 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:26, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Leal started his career at hometown club Puntarenas.

FK Senica

In September 2011, he joined Slovak club FK Senica on one-year loan from Puntarenas.[2] He made his debut for Senica against Ružomberok on 9 September 2011.[3] In summer 2012 he returned to Puntarenas.[4]

In January 2014 Leal joined Deportiva Carmelita.[5]

Ahead of the 2019-20 season, Leal returned to his hometown club Puntarenas.[6]

International career

Leal played in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Egypt.[7]

He made his debut for Costa Rica in a January 2011 Copa Centroamericana match against Guatemala and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match[7] and played at the 2011 Copa Centroamericana[8] and the 2011 Copa América.[9]

References

  1. "Profile". goal.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. Pedro Leal come Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine 05.09.2011, fksenica.sk
  3. SENICA VS. RUŽOMBEROK 2 - 1 27.05.2012, soccerway.com
  4. Wong regresa a Puntarenas - Nación (in Spanish)
  5. Fichajes que estremecieron el mercado costarricense fueron inscritos este martes por Competición - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  6. Multimillonaria deuda deja al Puntarenas FC sin licencia de participación, amprensa.com, 27 July 2019
  7. Pedro LealFIFA competition record (archived)
  8. Copa Centroamericana 2011 (UNCAF Nations Cup) - RSSSF
  9. Copa América 2011 - RSSSF
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