Richard Leyton

Richard Andrés Leyton Abrigo (born January 25, 1987) is a Chilean footballer, who plays goalkeeper for Deportes Copiapó.

Richard Leyton

Leyton with Deportes Copiapó in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Richard Andrés Leyton Abrigo
Date of birth	(1987-01-25) January 25, 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Deportes Copiapó
Number	1
Youth career
2003–2005	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Colo-Colo	9	(0)
2008–2009	Deportes Puerto Montt	16	(0)
2010	Santiago Morning	1	(0)
2010	Ñublense	0	(0)
2011	San Luis	11	(0)
2012–2014	Coquimbo Unido	61	(0)
2014–2015	Curicó Unido	27	(0)
2015–2016	Malleco Unido	31	(0)
2016–2018	Deportes Valdivia	43	(0)
2019	Rangers	9	(0)
2020–2021	Universidad de Concepción	2	(0)
2021–	Deportes Copiapó	12	(0)
International career‡
2007	Chile U20	2	(0)
2008	Chile U23	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:43, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Club career

He made his professional debut in 2006 in a game versus Deportes Puerto Montt.

In 2010, he joined Santiago Morning.^[1]

International career

In the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay, Leyton started the first two games for Chile. Chile lost those two games by a combined scored of 5–2. Leyton was regulated to the bench and Cristopher Toselli took over in goal for the rest of the tournament and subsequently the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. Leyton did not make the trip to Canada.

Later, he represented Chile U23 at the 2008 Inter Continental Cup in Malaysia.^[2]

Personal life

At the same time Leyton has developed his football career, he has worked as a real estate agent and started a playground in Copiapó named Atacama Jump.^[3]

Honours

Colo-Colo

• Primera División de Chile (4): 2006 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura