Leonardo Javier Pais Corbo (born 7 July 1994) is a

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division) is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ''Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, ANFP''. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital ...

side

Deportes Copiapó Club de Deportes Copiapó — or simply Deportes Copiapó — is a Chilean football club based in Copiapó, Atacama Region. Founded in 1999 after Regional Atacama's folding, it currently plays in the Primera B (second-tier) and holds ...

Club career

Pais began his professional playing career with

Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievemen ...

, and made his professional debut on 1 December 2012, against Cerro Largo. Pais finished the season with 10 appearances. On April 19, 2022, he agreed to go to Cruzeiro, team from Brazil. In 2024, he moved to Chile and signed with

International career

Pais played for both under-17 and

under-20 Junior is a category of athletics in which athletes compete under the age of 20 years. Countries all around the world compete in athletics. World Junior Athletics Competitions are held every two years which contain the best junior competitors in ...

levels, also appearing in

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

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* 1994 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguay men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games bronze medalists for Uruguay Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Uruguayan Primera División players Uruguayan Segunda División players Ascenso MX players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Chilean Primera División players Defensor Sporting players Montevideo City Torque players FC Juárez footballers Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Deportes Copiapó footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Chile People from Minas, Uruguay {{Uruguay-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub