Braulio Antonio Leal Salvo (born 22 November 1981) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Youth career

Fuentes started his career at Primera División de Chile club Colo-Colo. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team.

Chile and Portugal

He began his professional career in 2000 with Colo-Colo where he stayed until 2006. In the club he achieved two tournaments, the Clausura 2002 and the Apertura 2006. In 2004, he had a short stint with Portuguese club Vitória Sport Clube. In 2007, he signed for

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, where he has become a fixture in the starting eleven. But in 2009 Unión Española signed this defensive midfielder, then became the captain of the team.

O'Higgins

Leal in 2013 signed for O'Higgins along with teammate

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. On December 10, 2013, he won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins and was the captain of team. In the tournament, he played in 13 of 18 matches. In 2014, he won the

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against Deportes Iquique. He participated with the club in the

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where they faced

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, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage.

Magallanes

On 5 June 2019, Leal joined Deportes Magallanes.

Retirement

In November 2021, he announced his retirement from the football activity after a 22-year career.

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Leal assumed as the Technical Head of the

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youth system, at the same he performs as

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Honours

Club

;Colo-Colo * Primera División de Chile (2): 2002 Clausura, 2006 Apertura ;O'Higgins *

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(1): 2013 Apertura *

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Individual

;O'Higgins *Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leal, Braulio 1981 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chile international footballers Colo-Colo footballers Vitória S.C. players Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Audax Italiano footballers Unión Española footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Chilean Primera División players Primeira Liga players Primera B de Chile players Association football midfielders Chilean football managers