Leonardo Jara
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonardo Jara | ||
Date of birth | 20 May 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Corrientes, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
Estudiantes | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2015 | Estudiantes | 120 | (4) |
2016–2021 | Boca Juniors | 65 | (1) |
2019 | → D.C. United (loan) | 30 | (1) |
2021– | Vélez Sarsfield | 54 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:26, 8 May 2024 (UTC) |
Leonardo Jara (born May 20, 1991) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a right-back for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield.[1]
Career
[edit]Before Leonardo joined Boca Juniors, he played for Estudiantes.
D.C. United
[edit]On January 30, 2019, Leonardo was loaned to D.C. United from Boca Juniors. He officially debuted for DC on March 3, 2019, in a game against Atlanta United FC. Leonardo typically played as right-back for United. Leonardo scored his first goal for D.C. against the New England Revolution on July 12, 2019, from a volley from Paul Arriola.[2] D.C. United did not sign Leonardo after his loan expired following the 2019 season.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "D.C. United Acquire Defender Leonardo Jara from Boca Juniors | DC United".
- ^ "GOAL: Leonardo Jara pulls a goal back for D.C. United". July 12, 2019.
- ^ "D.C. United have announced that 16 players are under contract for the 2020 MLS season". November 22, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Leonardo Jara at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Leonardo Jara at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Footballers from Corrientes
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- D.C. United players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Major League Soccer players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Argentine football defender, 1990s birth stubs