Leonardo Vanegas
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Fernando Vanegas Barcia
Date of birth (1982-07-16) 16 July 1982
Place of birth Cuenca, Ecuador
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 LDU Cuenca 1 (0)
2003 Atlético Universitario 8 (0)
2004 Gloria 9 (0)
Managerial career
2004–2012 Deportivo Cuenca (youth)
2013–2014 Estrella Roja (assistant)
2015 Círculo Cruz del Vado
2016–2019 Estudiantes Cuenca
2020–2021 Gualaceo (assistant)
2021–2023 Gualaceo
2023 Cumbayá
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonardo Fernando Vanegas Barcia (born 16 July 1982) is an Ecuadorian football manager and former player who played as a right back.

Career

Born in Cuenca, Vanegas was a right back for lower sides LDU Cuenca, Atlético Universitario and Gloria. He retired in 2004, and became a manager of Deportivo Cuenca's youth categories.[1]

In 2013, Vanegas was an assistant of Daniel Segarra at Estrella Roja, before being named manager of Círculo Cruz del Vado for the 2015 season. In 2016, he took over Estudiantes de Cuenca, before rejoining Segarra's staff at Gualaceo in 2020.[1]

Vanegas became Gualaceo's manager in July 2021, after Segarra left, and led the club to their first-ever promotion to the Serie A in November.[2] He was subsequently kept as manager for the 2022 campaign.[3]

On 18 September 2023, Vanegas resigned from Gualaceo.[4] On 8 November, he replaced Patricio Hurtado at the helm of Cumbayá.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "DT Leonardo Vanegas: "La actitud no se negocia"" [Manager Leonardo Vanegas: "The attitude is not negotiable"] (in Spanish). La Trinqa. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Leonardo Vanegas, el héroe de Gualaceo" [Leonardo Vanegas, the hero of Gualaceo] (in Spanish). Extra. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Gualaceo, confirmada la continuidad del técnico Leonardo Venegas" [Gualaceo, confirmed the continuity of the manager Leonardo Vanegas] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. ↑ ""Es momento de cerrar un ciclo", considera Leonardo Vanegas tras renunciar como técnico de Gualaceo" ["It's time to close a cycle", Leonardo Vanegas considers after resigning as manager of Gualaceo] (in Spanish). Afición Central. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Leonardo Vanegas es el nuevo director técnico del Cumbayá" [Leonardo Vanegas is the new manager of Cumbayá] (in Spanish). Primicias. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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