Leandro Cufré

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Personal information
Leandro Cufré

Full name	Leandro Damián Cufré
Date of birth	May 9, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	AS Monaco
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-	Gimnasia La Plata A.S. Roma A.C. Siena A.S. Roma AS Monaco	129 (4) 8 (0) 31 (0) 62 (1) 7 (0)
National team**
2000-	Argentina	3 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 4 July, 2006.

Leandro Damián Cufré (born May 9, 1978 in La Plata) is an Argentine football (soccer) player who currently plays for French AS Monaco. Cufré is a defender and was capped by Argentina for the first time in 2000. He won the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship with the Argentina U-20 team and was a member of the Argentina squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

On June 30, 2006, Cufré was red carded for violent conduct in an altercation following the World Cup quarter-final match against Germany, which Argentina lost 4-2 on penalties. Germany's Per Mertesacker said Cufré, an unused substitute in the match, "attacked me even though I did not do anything. I have three or four red marks on my thigh and then he kicked me again in the groin." FIFA president Sepp Blatter said "I am furious about that and our disciplinary committee will monitor this incident. We will take some steps towards those who are identified as being the 'provocateurs' of this incident." ^[1] FIFA fined Cufré CHF 10,000 and suspended him for four matches.^[2].

He signed to AS Monaco FC in 2006 for €2.1m.^[3].

[edit] Clubs

AS Monaco FC (2006-)
A.S. Roma (2001-2003, 2004-2006)
A.C. Siena (2003-2004) on loan
Gimnasia La Plata (1996-2001)

[edit] References

^ Fifa fury at Berlin match fracas. BBC (2006-07-01). Retrieved on 2006-07-01.
^ "Rooney, Cufre and Rodriguez handed bans by FIFA", Reuters, 2006-07-08. Retrieved on 2006-07-16.
^ CESSIONE A TITOLO DEFINITIVO DEL DIRITTO ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEL CALCIATORE LEANDRO DAMIAN CUFRÉ (Italian). [asroma.it] (2006-08-30). Retrieved on 2006-08-30.

[edit] External links

	Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Abbondanzieri \| 2 Ayala \| 3 Sorín \| 4 Coloccini \| 5 Cambiasso \| 6 Heinze \| 7 Saviola \| 8 Mascherano \| 9 Crespo \| 10 Riquelme \| 11 Tévez \| 12 Franco \| 13 Scaloni \| 14 Palacio \| 15 Milito \| 16 Aimar \| 17 Cufré \| 18 Rodríguez \| 19 Messi \| 20 Cruz \| 21 Burdisso \| 22 González \| 23 Ustari \| Coach: Pekerman

AS Monaco FC - Current Squad
1 Warmuz \| 2 Monsoreau \| 3 Dos Santos \| 4 Modesto \| 5 Pérez \| 6 Plašil \| 7 Bernardi \| 8 Gerard \| 9 Koller \| 10 Menez \| 11 Grax \| 13 Licata \| 14 Martin \| 15 Touré \| 16 Ruffier \| 17 Gakpé \| 18 Kallon \| 19 Vargas \| 20 Di Vaio \| 21 Meriem \| 22 Bolívar \| 23 Leko \| 25 Cufré \| 26 Lô Sambou \| 27 Nimani \| 28 Maurice-Belay \| 29 Mangani \| 30 Roma \| 31 Veigneau \| 32 Givet \| 40 Quesnel