Tomás Leonardo Lecanda (born 29 January 2002) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
centre-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Aldosivi, on loan from
River Plate.
Career
Lecanda is product of
River Plate's youth academy, having joined in 2011. On 27 September 2019, he signed his first professional contract with his childhood club. Lecanda made his professional debut with River Plate in a 2–1
Copa Libertadores
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win over
Independiente Santa Fe on 19 May 2021; the game was noteworthy as River Plate was hit by a
COVID-19
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outbreak, resulting in them having no substitute players, and their outfielder
Enzo Pérez
Enzo Nicolás Pérez (; born 22 February 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for River Plate and the Argentina national team.
He played four years for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, where he won five trop ...
had to play as
goalkeeper
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.
In January 2022, Lecanda was loaned out to
Barracas Central
Club Atlético Barracas Central is an Argentine football club from the district of Barracas, Buenos Aires. Established in 1904, Barracas Central will return to the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system, in the ...
until the end of the year. In June 2022, the spell was terminated and Lecenda instead joined fellow league club
Aldosivi on loan for the rest of the year.
International career
Lecanda is a youth international for Argentina. He represented the
Argentina U17s in their campaign at the
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
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, and helped them win the
2019 South American U-17 Championship. He was part of the
Argentina U18s that won the
2019 Granatkin Memorial, scoring a goal in the final.
References
Honours
Argentina U17
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South American U-17 Championship
The South American U-17 Championship (; ) is a football competition held every two years for South American under-17 teams. The tournament was born in 1985 out of a need for a classification tournament for the newly created FIFA U-16 World Cup (no ...
:
2019
Argentina U18
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Granatkin Memorial:
2019 Granatkin Memorial
External links
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2002 births
Living people
People from San Isidro Partido
Argentine men's footballers
Argentina men's youth international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Barracas Central players
Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province