Leandro Gracián (born 6 August 1982) is an Argentine retired

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who played as an

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Career

Vélez Sarsfield

Gracián started his professional career with Vélez Sársfield where he was part of the team that won the Clausura 2005 tournament.

Monterrey

In 2006 Gracián joined Mexican

Club de Futbol Monterrey Club de Fútbol Monterrey Rayados, A.C., simply known as Monterrey or by its nickname Rayados, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León, that plays in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican fo ...

Boca Juniors

In mid-2007, he joined Boca Juniors.

Loan spells

On 2 June 2009, Gracián moved out on loan to

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki (), is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club founded on 25 March 1914 in Thessaloniki. Nicknamed ''God of War'', Aris was one of the strongest Greek clubs during t ...

for 1 year, this being the first time he will compete in the European continent. In January 2010 Boca Juniors loaned their attacking midfielder to

Club Atlético Independiente () is an Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, which plays in the Argentine Primera Divi ...

until June 2010. The 27-year-old then returned from a loan spell in Greece at Aris Thessaloniki. On 7 January 2012, Gracián was sent to

Colón de Santa Fe Colón, the primary Spanish translation of Christopher Columbus, may refer to: Places ;Argentina * Colón, Entre Ríos * Colón Department, Córdoba * Colón Department, Entre Ríos * Colón, Buenos Aires ;Colombia * Colón, Nariño * Coló ...

on a six-month loan deal.

Cobreloa

In mid-2012, as a free agent he signed for Cobreloa.

Querétaro

On 12 July 2013, Gracián joined the Mexican side

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

.Comunicado
''Querétaro F.C.''

Honours

Club

;Vélez Sársfield * Torneo de Clausura (1):

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

;Boca Juniors *

Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (), also known as Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club Association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1988. It ...

(1):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

* Torneo de Apertura (2):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

;Independiente *

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(1):

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

References

External links

* at Fútbol XXI *
Leandro Gracián
at HistoriadeBoca.com.ar {{DEFAULTSORT:Gracian, Leandro 1982 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Boca Juniors footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers Club Atlético Colón footballers Argentine Primera División players C.F. Monterrey players Querétaro F.C. footballers Liga MX players Ascenso MX players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Super League Greece players C.D. Cobreloa footballers Chilean Primera División players Manta F.C. footballers Ecuadorian Serie B players Deportivo Santaní players Club Rubio Ñu footballers Paraguayan Primera División players Cúcuta Deportivo footballers Categoría Primera B players San Martín de Tucumán footballers Primera Nacional players Argentine football managers Deportivo Madryn managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Footballers from Buenos Aires Copa Sudamericana–winning players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen