Leandro Paiva

Leandro Gastón Paiva Santurión (born 15 February 1994) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for C.A. Cerro, on loan from Argentinos Juniors.[1]

Leandro Paiva
Personal information
Full name Leandro Gastón Paiva Santurión
Date of birth (1994-02-15) 15 February 1994
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 Cerro (on loan from Argentinos Juniors)
Number 26
Youth career
Club Cohami[3]
Montevideo Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Montevideo Wanderers 30 (0)
2016 Oriental 7 (1)
2016–2017 Deportivo Maldonado 29 (4)
2018 Cerro 34 (8)
2019– Argentinos Juniors 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Atlante (loan) 10 (1)
2020– → Cerro (loan) 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:42, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Career

Paiva's had youth stints with Club Cohami and Montevideo Wanderers.[1][4] He made his professional bow in the Uruguayan Primera División on 11 May 2013, featuring for the final moments of a home victory over Liverpool; he had previously been an unused substitute earlier that month against Racing Club.[1] In total, he made thirty appearances across four seasons with Montevideo Wanderers.[1] February 2016 saw Oriental of the Uruguayan Segunda División sign Paiva.[1] He netted his first senior goal in his final match on 11 June versus Huracán.[1] A move to Deportivo Maldonado was completed in July.[1] Four goals in thirty-one followed.[1]

On 8 January 2018, Paiva joined top-flight outfit Cerro.[1] His stint with the club lasted twelve months, with the midfielder participating in thirty-six fixtures in all competitions whilst scoring nine goals; including a brace in the Primera División over Progreso and one in a Copa Sudamericana second stage encounter against Bahia.[1][5] At the conclusion of the year, in December, Paiva departed Uruguayan football to play in Argentina with Argentinos Juniors.[6][7] He scored on his debut, netting in a Copa Argentina win over Douglas Haig on 5 March 2019.[1] A total of eight games came for him within his first nine months with the Buenos Aires team.[1]

Paiva left Argentinos on loan in September to Ascenso MX's Atlante.[8][9]

Career statistics
As of 5 September 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Montevideo Wanderers 2012–13 Uruguayan Primera División 20———0020
2013–14 90——000090
2014–15 160——0000160
2015–16 30———0030
Total 300——0000300
Oriental 2015–16 Segunda División 71———0071
Deportivo Maldonado 2016 50———0050
2017 244———2[lower-alpha 1]0264
Total 294———20314
Cerro 2018 Uruguayan Primera División 348——2[lower-alpha 2]100369
Argentinos Juniors 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 2011203[lower-alpha 2]00081
2019–20 000000000000
Total 201120300081
Atlante (loan) 2019–20 Ascenso MX 0000——0000
Career total 102131141500011215
  1. Appearance(s) in the Segunda División play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

References
  1. "Uruguay - G. Paiva". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. "Leandro Paiva". World Football. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. Profile
  4. "Ficha Estadistica de LEANDRO PAIVA". BDFA. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. "Leandro Paiva: el peón goleador". Ovación. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  6. "La increíble historia de vida de Leandro Paiva, uno de los refuerzos de Argentinos Juniors". TyC Sports. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. "Leandro Paiva fue vendido a Argentinos Jrs por 450.000 dólares". Subrayado. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  8. "Informamos a nuestros socios, hinchas, medios partidarios y nacionales, que el jugador Leandro Paiva ha sido cedido a préstamo por un año sin cargo y sin opción de compra al Atlante de Mexico". Argentinos Juniors. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  9. "Argentinos Juniors cedió a Leandro Paiva al Atlante de México, que tiene siete uruguayos". Fútbol. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.


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