Leonardo Heredia

Leonardo Heredia
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Matías Heredia
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Lomas del Mirador, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Argentinos Juniors
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Almirante Brown 54 (12)
2017–2020 Boston River 0 (0)
2017–2019 → Colón (loan) 2 (5)
2019–2020 → Atlético Tucumán (loan) 12 (1)
2020–2023 Atlético Tucumán 53 (7)
2022 → Estudiantes (loan) 19 (1)
2023 → Argentinos Juniors (loan) 30 (6)
2024– Argentinos Juniors 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Leonardo Matías Heredia (born 11 January 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentinos Juniors.[1]

Career

Heredia's first club were Almirante Brown.[1][2] He made his professional debut in Primera B Nacional in June 2014 versus Huracán, after being an unused substitute for four matches during the previous May.[1] The club were relegated in 2013–14 to Primera B Metropolitana.[1] Twenty appearances later, Heredia scored his first career goal in a 3–1 win over Tristán Suárez on 17 May 2016.[1] In August 2017, Heredia's rights were sold to a business group who later assigned the midfielder to Uruguayan club Boston River.[3][4] He was immediately loaned to Colón back in his homeland, where he'd remain for two full seasons.[1][5][6]

Heredia joined Atlético Tucumán on loan ahead of the 2019–20 season.[7] He made his debut on 4 September in a Copa Argentina win over Boca Unidos, with his first goal arriving in November against San Lorenzo.[1] He subsequently scored two goals in the Copa Libertadores in the succeeding February, netting in victories versus The Strongest and Independiente Medellín respectively.[1] In September 2020, Heredia was signed permanently by Atlético Tucumán; he penned a four-year contract.[8] On 27 June 2022 it was confirmed, that Heredia had joined fellow league club Estudiantes de La Plata on loan for the rest of the year with a purchase option.[9]

Career statistics

As of 28 September 2020.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Almirante Brown 2013–14 Primera B Nacional 1 0 1 0 — — 0 0 2 0
2014 Primera B Metropolitana 7 0 2 0 — — 0 0 9 0
2015 3 0 0 0 — — 0 0 3 0
2016 14 2 0 0 — — 0 0 14 2
2016–17 29 10 0 0 — — 0 0 29 10
Total 54 12 3 0 — — 0 0 57 12
Boston River 2017 Uruguayan Primera División 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 0
2020 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colón (loan) 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 10 0 1 0 — 0 0 0 0 11 0
2018–19 18 5 3 0 0 0 5[a] 0 0 0 26 5
Total 28 5 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 37 5
Atlético Tucumán (loan) 2019–20 Argentine Primera División 12 1 2 0 0 0 4[b] 2 0 0 18 3
Atlético Tucumán 2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 12 1 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 18 3
Career total 94 18 9 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 112 20
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Leonardo Heredia profile". Soccerway. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Leonardo Heredia profile". BDFA. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Argento se mostró "satisfecho" por la venta de un joven futbolista". El1Digital. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Atlético Tucumán: Chequeos médicos para iniciar la semana". TyC Sports. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Una gran sospecha en torno a la llegada de Leonardo Heredia". Uno Santa Fe. 19 January 2018. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Leonardo Heredia es el octavo pasajero". Uno Santa Fe. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  7. ^ Heredia se convirtió en jugador de Atlético Tucumán, lt10.com.ar, 4 July 2019
  8. ^ "Finalmente firmó Heredia y se acerca Marchiori al "decano"". La Gaceta. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  9. ^ Leonardo Heredia la nueva cara de Estudiantes LP, radiogol.com.ar, 27 June 2022