Leandro Garate

Leandro Julián Garate (born 2 September 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Banfield, on loan from Huracán.^[1]

Leandro Garate

Personal information
Full name	Leandro Julián Garate
Date of birth	(1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Villa Constitución, Argentina
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-forward[2]
Team information
Current team	Banfield (on loan from Huracán)
Number	30
Youth career
	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Tigre	15	(2)
2016	Sandefjord	0	(0)
2017	Deportivo Rincón	20	(8)
2018–2019	Brown de Adrogué	26	(3)
2019	→ Arsenal de Sarandí (loan)	11	(4)
2019–2021	Barnechea	38	(17)
2021	Coquimbo Unido	30	(12)
2022–2023	Unión Española	57	(24)
2024	Huracán	14	(1)
2024–	→ Banfield (loan)	13	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:09, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Career

Garate was a part of River Plate's youth system, notably playing for the U20s at the 2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores in Peru; which the club won.^[1] Garate began playing for Tigre in the 2013–14 Argentine Primera División season, making his senior debut on 18 November 2013 during a 2–1 win over Newell's Old Boys.^[1] In the following 2014 campaign, Garate scored goals against Godoy Cruz and Lanús as Tigre qualified for the 2015 Copa Sudamericana.^[1] In August 2016, Garate joined 1. divisjon side Sandefjord.^[1] He departed five months later having not featured, though he was an unused substitute for a fixture with Bryne.^[1]

2017 saw Garate switch Norway for Argentina as he agreed to sign for Deportivo Rincón of Torneo Federal B.^[1][3] Eight goals in twenty fixtures followed.^[4] Primera B Nacional's Brown completed the signing of Garate in January 2018.^[1][5] His first appearance arrived on 3 February versus Deportivo Morón, which preceded his first goal for them a week later against Atlético de Rafaela.^[1] Garate was loaned to Arsenal de Sarandí in January 2019.^[1] He scored five goals in twelve matches for them, including the winning strike in the championship play-off against Sarmiento; which secured Arsenal promotion and the title.^[6]

July 2019 saw Garate leave Arsenal, and subsequently Brown, to move to Chile with Barnechea of Primera B.^[1][2] He scored twice on his first home start against Deportes Copiapó on 16 August, which preceded a goal against San Luis and a brace versus Rangers across eleven appearances in his first five months.^[1] On 2021 season, he joined club Coquimbo Unido.^[7]

Career statistics

As of 24 December 2020.^[1][4]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tigre	2013–14	Primera División	1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
	2014		7	2	1	0	—		—		0	0	8	2
	2015		7	0	1	0	—		1[a]	0	1[b]	0	10	0
	Total		15	2	2	0	—		1	0	1	0	19	2
Sandefjord	2016	1. divisjon	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
Deportivo Rincón	2017	Torneo Federal B	20	8	0	0	—		—		0	0	20	8
Brown	2017–18	Primera B Nacional	13	2	0	0	—		—		3[c]	1	16	3
	2018–19		13	1	3	0	—		—		0	0	16	1
	Total		26	3	3	0	—		—		3	1	32	4
Arsenal de Sarandí (loan)	2018–19	Primera B Nacional	11	4	1	0	—		—		1[c]	1	13	5
Barnechea	2019	Primera B	11	5	0	0	—		—		0	0	11	5
	2020		27	12	—		—		—		0	0	23	11
	Total		38	17	0	0	—		—		0	0	38	17
Coquimbo Unido	2021	Primera B	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
Career total			110	34	6	0	—		1	0	5	2	122	36

1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearance(s) in the Primera División play-offs
3. Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs

Honours

River Plate^[1]

• U-20 Copa Libertadores: 2012

Arsenal de Sarandí^[1]

• Primera B Nacional: 2018–19

Coquimbo Unido

• Primera B de Chile: 2021