Leonardo Matías Garrido (born 2 February 1986) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as an

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for

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Career

Garrido began his career with Peñarol. He joined

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in 2005, who he featured twenty times for during the 2005–06

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; scoring three goals in the process. In 2008, Garrido was signed by

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. Seven goals in ninety-six appearances followed in three seasons, with the last yielding promotion to

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. He subsequently made two appearances in tier two, prior to departing Sportivo Desamparados in 2011 to play for Primera B Nacional's Gimnasia y Esgrima. He played a total of thirty matches for the club between 2011 and 2013. On 2 July 2013, Garrido joined

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of Torneo Argentino A. He scored in his third match for them, in a win over CAI on 1 September. That was one of seven goals in 2013–14 for Garrido. He left Juventud Unida Universitario in mid-2014, joining

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side

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for the rest of the year. He went on to score seven goals in thirteen games as Deportivo Madryn finished ninth. 2015 saw Garrido join Patronato in Primera B Nacional. He scored ten goals in forty-three appearances in a debut season that ended with promotion to the

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. Garrido completed a move to Primera B Nacional club

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on 11 January 2019. Garrido headed abroad for the first time in the succeeding June, agreeing a contract with Honduran outfit Olimpia. He netted on his unofficial bow, scoring in a Copa Premier Centroamericana match with Costa Rica's Herediano on 11 July; a goal in the same competition over Árabe Unido of Panama followed. On 28 July, Garrido scored on his Liga Nacional debut versus

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, before continuing his scoring streak with a strike against

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in his second appearance.

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Honours

Club

;Olimpia * Liga Nacional: 2019–20 Apertura

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garrido, Matias 1986 births Living people Footballers from San Juan, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Honduras Torneo Argentino B players Torneo Argentino A players Primera Nacional players Torneo Federal A players Argentine Primera División players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Trinidad de San Juan players Sportivo Desamparados footballers Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers Juventud Unida Universitario players Deportivo Madryn players Club Atlético Patronato footballers Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers C.D. Olimpia players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen