Leandro Requena

Leandro Daniel Requena (born 11 September 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chilean Primera División club Deportes Iquique.^[1]

Leandro Requena

Requena with Cobresal in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Leandro Daniel Requena
Date of birth	(1987-09-11) 11 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Malagueño, Argentina
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Deportes Iquique
Youth career
1993–1996	Deportivo Yocsina
	Talleres
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2014	Talleres	28	(0)
2007	→ Sportivo Patria (loan)	9	(0)
2013	→ Atenas (loan)	12	(0)
2014	→ Sportivo Patria (loan)	14	(0)
2015	Santamarina	41	(0)
2016	Crucero del Norte	15	(0)
2016–2017	Ferro Carril Oeste	5	(0)
2017–2018	Nueva Chicago	19	(0)
2018–2019	Los Andes	22	(0)
2019	Central Córdoba SdE	0	(0)
2020–2024	Cobresal	135	(1)
2025–	Deportes Iquique	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 December 2024

Career

Requena had a youth stint with Deportivo Yocsina, before joining Talleres with whom he began his senior career in 2006.^[2][3] He made twenty-eight league appearances for the club during his eight-year stay, including appearing in five games in the 2012–13 Torneo Argentino A.^[1][3] While with Talleres, Requena was loaned out on three occasions - twice to Sportivo Patria in the third tier.^[1][3] On 19 August 2013, Requena was loaned to Uruguayan Segunda División side Atenas.^[1] He departed midway through the 2013–14 campaign after twelve appearances, with his final match being a 2–1 defeat to Rampla Juniors on 14 December 2013.^[1]

Santamarina completed the permanent signing of Requena in January 2015.^[1] After participating in forty-five fixtures as Santamarina lost in the promotion play-offs to Patronato, Requena moved across Primera B Nacional with Crucero del Norte in January 2016 before having further stints with Ferro Carril Oeste and Nueva Chicago in the succeeding two years.^[1][4] 2018 saw Requena join Los Andes.^[1][5] He made his debut on 16 September in a home loss to Sarmiento at the Estadio Eduardo Gallardón.^[1]

He scored one of the longest goals in soccer's history in Chile on March 18, 2023, when his kick from his goal sent the ball all the way to the opposing side's goal without assistance, the ball bouncing once before flying over the head of the opposing goalkeeper, who was forwardly positioned and could not then stop it.^[6][7]

After five seasons with Cobresal in Chile, Requena switched to Deportes Iquique for the 2025 season.^[8]

Career statistics

As of 12 February 2019.^[1][3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Talleres	2012–13	Torneo Argentino A	5	0	2	0	—		0	0	7	0
	2013–14	Primera B Nacional	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2014	Torneo Federal A	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	Total		5	0	2	0	—		0	0	7	0
Sportivo Patria	2007–08	Torneo Argentino A	9	0	0	0	—		0	0	9	0
Atenas	2013–14	Segunda División	12	0	0	0	—		0	0	12	0
Sportivo Patria	2014	Torneo Federal A	14	0	0	0	—		6[a]	0	20	0
Santamarina	2015	Primera B Nacional	41	0	1	0	—		4[b]	0	46	0
Crucero del Norte	2016		15	0	0	0	—		0	0	15	0
Ferro Carril Oeste	2016–17		5	0	1	0	—		0	0	6	0
Nueva Chicago	2017–18		19	0	0	0	—		0	0	19	0
Los Andes	2018–19		12	0	0	0	—		0	0	12	0
Career total			132	0	4	0	—		10	0	146	0

1. Appearance(s) in the Torneo Federal A play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs

Honours

Talleres^[1]

• Torneo Argentino A: 2012–13

See also

• List of goalscoring goalkeepers