 Leiva with Unión La Calera in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Andrés Leiva Nieves | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-11-11) November 11, 1993 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Chillán, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | O'Higgins | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportes Concepción | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2016 | Deportes Concepción | 103 | (20) |
| 2016–2017 | Universidad de Chile | 14 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Audax Italiano | 27 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Unión La Calera | 56 | (7) |
| 2021–2024 | Universidad Católica | 45 | (2) |
| 2023 | → Ñublense (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Cobreloa (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2024– | O'Higgins | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024 | |||
Juan Andrés Leiva Nieves (born 11 November 1993) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División side O'Higgins.
Club career
In 2023, he played for Ñublense in the Chilean top division on loan from Universidad Católica. The next season, he joined Cobreloa.
Leiva signed with O'Higgins in 11 December 2024 for the 2025 season.
International career
After being called up to some training microcycles of the Chile senior team, he received his first call-up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Argentina and Bolivia on 3 and 8 June 2021 respectively, but he didn't make his international debut.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 8 May 2022
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Deportes Concepción | 2011 | Primera B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Primera B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Primera B | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2013-14 | Primera B | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2014-15 | Primera B | 37 | 9 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 41 | 12 | |||
| 2015-16 | Primera B | 28 | 11 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 34 | 11 | ||
| Total club | 103 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 23 | ||
| Universidad de Chile | 2016-17 | Primera División | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| Audax Italiano | 2017 | Primera División | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 17 | 4 | ||
| 2018 | Primera División | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total club | 27 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | ||
| Unión La Calera | 2019 | Primera División | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | |
| 2020 | Primera División | 32 | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 37 | 6 | |||
| Total club | 56 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 9 | ||
| Universidad Católica | 2020 | Primera División | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Primera División | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2022 | Primera División | 12 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Total club | 38 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | ||
| Total | 238 | 31 | 49 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 312 | 39 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Supercopa de Chile
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
Honours
- Universidad de Chile
- Universidad Católica
References
- Vega, Diego (13 December 2023). "Ñublense anuncia salida masiva". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- Arriaza, Bastián (7 January 2024). "Cobreloa celebra su aniversario con el anuncio de su décimo fichaje". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- Vera, Pablo (11 December 2024). "O'Higgins confirma otro refuerzo: tuvo pasos por la U y la UC". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- "Nómina de Chile para las Eliminatorias: Argentina y Bolivia" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- Juan Leiva at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
External links
- Juan Leiva at Soccerway
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- Living people
- 1993 births
- People from Chillán
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
- Club Universidad de Chile footballers
- Audax Italiano footballers
- Unión La Calera footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Ñublense footballers
- C.D. Cobreloa footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Chilean football midfielder stubs