Leonel Di Plácido

Leonel Di Plácido
Personal information
Date of birth	28 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Sport; (on loan from Lanús)
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2017	All Boys
2016–2017	→ Atlético Tucumán (loan)
2017–	Lanús
2023	→ Botafogo (loan)
2024–	→ Sport (loan)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:52, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Leonel Di Plácido (born 28 January 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Sport, on loan from Lanús.^[1]^[3]

Club career

Di Plácido started his professional career in Floresta, Buenos Aires with then-Primera División club All Boys in 2013, however his first appearance for the team came in 2014 in a league defeat against Newell's Old Boys.^[1]^[3] His first five appearances for All Boys were off the bench so he had to wait until 17 April to start a match, versus Arsenal de Sarandí, which ended with him scoring his first goal of his career, an 84th-minute equaliser assisted by Javier Cámpora. However, it was not a good season for All Boys as they suffered relegation into the Primera B Nacional.^[1]

In 2014, his second season with All Boys, he participated in fifteen matches over two competitions and scored his second goal; against Unión. 2015 turned out to be Di Plácido's most prominent and last season with the club as he played thirty-five times before departing to join Atlético Tucumán on loan until June 2017 in 2016. He made his debut for his new club on 19 February against Unión.^[1]^[3] On 24 August 2017, Di Plácido completed a permanent transfer to Lanús.^[1]^[4]^[5] He made his Lanús debut in a home defeat to Boca Juniors on 10 September.^[1]

International career

Di Plácido was called up to the Argentina national team by Lionel Scaloni for friendlies in September 2018 with Guatemala and Colombia; though remained on the bench for both fixtures.^[1]^[6]

Personal life

On 1 September 2020, it was confirmed that Di Plácido had tested positive for COVID-19 amid the pandemic; having shown symptoms a week prior.^[7]

Career statistics

As of 21 March 2023.^[1]^[3]

Club statistics
Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		State League		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
All Boys	2013–14	Primera División	11	1	0	0	—		—		—		0	0	11	1
	2014	Primera B Nacional	14	1	1	0	—		—		—		0	0	15	1
	2015		34	0	1	0	—		—		—		0	0	35	0
	2016		0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0	0	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0	0	0
	Total		59	2	2	0	—		—		—		0	0	61	2
Atlético Tucumán (loan)	2016	Primera División	4	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0	4	0
	2016–17	Primera División	26	0	1	0	—		9^[a]	0	—		0	0	36	0
	Total		30	0	1	0	—		9	0	—		0	0	40	0
Lanús	2017–18	Primera División	6	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0	6	0
	2018–19		24	1	2	0	2	0	2^[b]	0	—		0	0	30	1
	2019–20		21	0	4	0	0	0	1^[b]	0	—		0	0	26	0
	2020–21		6^{[nb 1]}	0	0	0	—		3^[b]	0	—		—		9	0
	2021		4^{[nb 1]}	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		—		4	0
	2022		26^{[nb 1]}	1	1	0	—		4^[b]	0	—		—		31	1
	2023		2	0	0	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
	Total		89	2	7	0	2	0	10	0	—		0	0	108	2
Botafogo (loan)	2023	Série A	0	0	1	0	—		0	0	1^[c]	0	—		2	0
Career total			178	4	11	0	2	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	211	4

^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
^ Appearance(s) in the Campeonato Carioca

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Leonel Di Plácido profile". Soccerway. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ Leonel Di Plácido at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Leonel Di Plácido profile". ESPN FC. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ "Di Plácido: "Ya soy jugador de Lanús"". Club Atlético Lanús. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^ "En Lanús firmó Di Plácido y Monetti será el arquero del debut". TyC Sports. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^ "Lista de convocados". Argentine Football Association. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ "Leonel Di Plácido, positivo por coronavirus en Lanús". TyC Sports. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.