Cristian Rodrigo Leiva Godoy (born 3 March 1976), nicknamed ''Flaco'' (Skinny), is a

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an football manager and former footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Leiva began his professional career with

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, staying only two years at the club. Along with ''La U'', he played the last minutes in a

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match against Barcelona de Guayaquil at the

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. After he was on loan to

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, he played for several clubs in Chile, being his greatest achievement to become runner-up of the 2005 Torneo Apertura with

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, after losing the final against

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Managerial career

On 2011, Leiva began his managerial career at the youth categories of

and

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, manager of ''La U'', gave him in charge of the "sparring team". From 2012 to 2019 - with the managers

, Juan Antonio Pizzi and

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- he worked in the technical staff of Chile national team as a video and report assistant and Chile U15's manager (from 2017 to 2019). At this term, he was known as a "spy" by watching slyly the Chile's opponents. After Hernán Caputto left Chile U17, on 9 July 2019 he was confirmed as the new manager for the

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, where Chile U17 reached the

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. At the same time, he also worked as assistant coach of

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in Chile U23 in both 2019 Maurice Revello Tournament and 2020 Pre-Olympic Tournament. On 2020, he took his first challenge at the

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by assuming the management of

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Cristian Leiva
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Cristian Leiva
at CeroaCero {{DEFAULTSORT:Leiva, Cristian 1976 births Living people People from Petorca Province People from Valparaíso Region Chilean footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Universidad de Chile footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Unión Española footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers C.D. Huachipato footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Association football defenders Chilean football managers Chilean Primera División managers Primera B de Chile managers Deportes Iquique managers