Leandro Somoza

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Leandro Somoza
Personal information
Full name	Leandro Daniel Somoza
Date of birth	(1981-01-26) 26 January 1981
Place of birth	Buenos Aires Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Lanús
Number	17
Youth career
	Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2006	Vélez Sarsfield	124	(6)
2006–2008	Villarreal	25	(0)
2007–2008	→ Real Betis (loan)	15	(0)
2008–2010	Vélez Sarsfield	53	(4)
2011–2013	Boca Juniors	83	(0)
2013	Lanús	0	(0)
National team^‡
2006-	Argentina	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:07, 20 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:29, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Leandro Daniel Somoza (born 26 January 1981) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Lanús in the Argentine Primera División.

Club career

Somoza began his professional career playing for Vélez Sársfield in the Argentine Primera in 2001. He played for the club for five years, and was a key player in the 2005 Clausura tournament winning team.

In 2006, Somoza was transferred to La Liga's club Villareal CF on a five-year contract. At Villarreal he joined fellow countrymen Juan Román Riquelme, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Fabricio Fuentes and Mariano Barbosa. However, he spent only one season in Villarreal, being loaned in August 2007 to Real Betis. The Argentine midfielder was presented to the media on 14 August and made his first appearance in a friendly against Real Zaragoza two days later. His first competitive debut came in the season against Recreativo Huelva, on 26 August.

After his second season in Spain, Somoza returned to Argentina for the 2008–09 season to play again for Vélez Sársfield. During the 2009 Clausura, he was part of the squad that won the Argentine league championship, but did not participate in any of the games due to an injury he had suffered at the end of the previous tournament.

Somoza scored for the first time after his injury on a 1–1 draw with Lanús, on the 9th fixture of the 2009 Apertura.^[1]

On 14 January 2011, Somoza signed on to play with Boca Juniors.^[2]

International career

Somoza debuted for Argentina by then new manager Alfio Basile in the friendly international against Brazil at the Emirates Stadium in London, England during 2006. Two years later, while playing for Vélez, he was called again by Basile for the match against Chile. He remained on the bench, however.

Achievements

Club

Vélez Sársfield

Primera División: 2005 Clausura, 2009 Clausura

Boca Juniors

Primera División: 2011 Apertura, 2012 Copa Argentina

Lanús

Copa Sudamericana: 2013

References

↑ "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
↑ "Como pintada". Horacio Garcia. Diario Olé. Retrieved 15 January 2011.

External links

Profile at Vélez Sarsfield's official website (Spanish)
Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
Leandro Somoza at National-Football-Teams.com
Career statistics at Guardian
Somoza, Leandro Daniel at Historia de Boca.com (Spanish)

v t e Club Atlético Lanús – current squad

1 Marchesín 2 Goltz 3 Balbi 4 Araujo 5 González 6 Velázquez 7 Acosta 8 Barrientos 9 Silva 10 Chávez 11 Valdez 13 Herrera 14 Pereyra 15 Somoza 16 Ayala 17 Astina 18 Blanco 21 Pasquini 22 Ortiz 23 Benítez 24 Izquierdoz 25 Vera 26 Melano 27 Martínez 28 Avellaneda 29 Mancinelli 30 Vides 31 Andrada 32 Cáceres 34 Monteseirín Manager: Barros Schelotto

Persondata
Name	Somoza, Leandro
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine footballer
Date of birth	26 January 1981
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death

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