Leonardo Madelón

Leonardo Madelón
Personal information
Full nameLeonardo Carol Madelón
Date of birthJanuary 25, 1963
Place of birthCafferata, Santa Fe, Argentina
Playing positionMidfielder (retired)
Club information
Current team
Unión
Youth career
San Lorenzo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1988San Lorenzo113(8)
1988–1990Unión29(1)
1990–1993Rosario Central68(8)
Teams managed
1997–1998Colegiales
1998–2000El Porvenir
2001Unión
2004Nueva Chicago
2004–2005Talleres de Córdoba
2006–2007Olimpo
2007–2008Rosario Central
2008–2009Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
2010Rosario Central
2010–2011Quilmes
2011–2012San Lorenzo
2013–Unión
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Leonardo Carol Madelón (born 25 January 1963) is an Argentine former footballer and current manager of Unión de Santa Fe.

Career

Madelón played club football for San Lorenzo, Unión de Santa Fe and Rosario Central between 1982 and 1993.

Coaching career

In 1997 he started his managerial career with Colegiales in the lower leagues of Argentine football. He then had a spell with El Porvenir before returning to his former club Unión de Santa Fe in 2001.

He then had an unsuccessful spell in charge of Nueva Chicago in 2004. He returned to management in 2006, and lead Olimpo to both Apertura and Clausura championships in the Primera B Nacional (second division) 2006–07 season, gaining automatic promotion to the Primera División.[1]

In 2007 he returned to his former club Rosario Central, and in 2008 he took over as manager of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. On 2 December 2009, the coach has quit Gimnasia and was replaced by Pablo Fernández.[2] In 2010, Madelón coached Rosario Central again, but could not help the team avoid relegation.

For the 2010 Apertura, Madelón replaced Hugo Tocalli as Quilmes manager.

Managerial titles

Season Team Title
Apertura 2006Argentina Olimpo Primera B Nacional
Clausura 2007Argentina Olimpo Primera B Nacional

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