Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leandro Antonetti López | ||
Date of birth | (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Murcia, Spain[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lugo | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
Caguas Bairoa | |||
Conquistadores de Guaynabo | |||
2013–2019 | Xuventude Oroso | ||
2019–2021 | Lugo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Polvorín | 41 | (13) |
2023– | Lugo | 36 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Puerto Rico U17 | 4 | (1) |
2021– | Puerto Rico U20 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Puerto Rico | 8 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 |
Leandro Antonetti López (born 13 January 2003) is a Puerto Rican professional footballer who plays for Primera Federación club Lugo. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a winger. Born in Spain, he represents the Puerto Rico national team.
Born in Murcia when his father was playing in Spain,[1] Antonetti began playing football in the Puerto Rican club Caguas Bairoa before moving to Conquistadores de Guaynabo. His impressions at the 2013 MIC Tournament led him to a move to Spanish club ED Xuventude Oroso.[1] In 2019, he was signed by CD Lugo for their academy.[2]
In November 2021, Antonetti was called up by Lugo's first team for a Copa del Rey match against AD Unión Adarve,[3] but he was only an unused substitute. On 20 May 2022, after scoring eleven goals for the reserves and helping in their first-ever promotion to the Segunda Federación, he made his professional debut with Lugo's first team in the Segunda División, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Diego Alende in a 0–1 away loss against Real Zaragoza.[4]
Antonetti made his international debut with Puerto Rico U17 in the 2019 Concacaf Championship under coach Marco Vélez, where he managed to score a goal against Martinique in the first round.[5] In 2021, he was called up for the under-20 team under coach Dave Sarachan for 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying, where he helped Puerto Rico advance to the final round.[6]
Antonetti made his debut with the full side on 9 June 2022, in a CONCACAF Nations League match against the Cayman Islands.[7] His first full international goal occurred on 23 March of the following year, as he scored the equalizer in a 3–1 win over the British Virgin Islands.
Antonetti's father Ossie was a professional volleyball player,[1] and is the current head coach of the Puerto Rico men's national volleyball team.[8]