Aníbal Leguizamón
Personal information
Full name Aníbal Andrés Leguizamón Espínola
Date of birth (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992
Place of birth Bernal Oeste, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Emelec
Number 2
Youth career
Arsenal de Sarandí
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Sportivo Barracas 12 (0)
2015–2017 Argentino 72 (4)
2017–2018 Defensores de Belgrano 25 (5)
2018–2020 Arsenal de Sarandí 21 (1)
2019–2020 → Emelec (loan) 12 (0)
2020– Emelec 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Aníbal Andrés Leguizamón Espínola (born 10 January 1992), known as Aníbal Leguizamón, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Emelec.[2]

Career

Leguizamón had a youth spell with Arsenal de Sarandí, before beginning his senior career with Torneo Argentino B's Sportivo Barracas.[3][4] In 2015, Leguizamón joined Argentino of Torneo Federal A.[3] After four goals in seventy-two fixtures across two years, Leguizamón left Argentino in June 2017 after agreeing to sign for Defensores de Belgrano.[2] He went on to score five goals against Gimnasia y Esgrima (2), Unión de Sunchales, Sarmiento and Estudiantes.[2] On 20 June 2018, Leguizamón joined Primera B Nacional ex-club Arsenal de Sarandí.[2][5] His professional debut arrived on 15 September during a defeat to Instituto.[2]

In June 2019, Leguizamón headed to Ecuador with Serie A's Emelec on loan.[6] He made his bow on 13 July against Fuerza Amarilla, scoring an own-goal within the first minute prior to coming off injured after seventeen.[7] Upon returning from injury, Leguizamón made a total of twelve appearances across his twelve-month temporary spell and ended it as club captain.[2] On 17 June 2020, Emelec activated their purchase option for Leguizamón.[8][9]

Personal life

Leguizamón is the nephew of former footballers Darío Espínola and Oscar Espínola.[4]

Career statistics

As of 1 July 2020.[2][3][10]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sportivo Barracas 2013–14 Torneo Argentino B 12000——00120
Defensores de Belgrano 2017–18 Torneo Federal A 25530——6[lower-alpha 1]0345
Arsenal de Sarandí 2018–19 Primera B Nacional 21110——00221
Emelec (loan) 2019 Serie A 8021——00101
2020 4000—2[lower-alpha 2]00060
Emelec 0000—000000
Total 12021—2000161
Career total 70661—2060847
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Torneo Federal A play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Arsenal de Sarandí[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Aníbal Leguizamón". World Football. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Argentina - A. Leguizamón". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ficha Estadistica de ANIBAL LEGUIZAMON". BDFA. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Arsenal: regreso al trabajo con múltiples novedades". Politica del Sur. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Fue una alegría enorme". Solo Ascenso. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Aníbal Leguizamón vendrá a Emelec, anuncia Arsenal de Sarandí". El Universo. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Leguizamón debuta con autogol y lesión en Emelec". Ecuavisa. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Emelec informa de la compra de los derechos deportivos de Aníbal Leguizamón". INFOCancha. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Emelec compró los derechos federativos de Aníbal Leguizamón y renovó su contrato". El Comercio. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "ANIBAL LEGUIZAMON ESPINOLA". FEF. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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