Braulio Leal

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Braulio Leal
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Leal with O'Higgins in 2013
Personal information
Full name Braulio Antonio Leal Salvo
Date of birth (1981-11-22) 22 November 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Magallanes (manager)
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2006 Colo-Colo 145 (10)
2004 → Vitória SC (loan) 25 (4)
2006 Everton 15 (4)
2007–2009 Audax Italiano 79 (15)
2009–2012 Unión Española 108 (15)
2013–2016 O'Higgins 104 (9)
2016–2018 San Luis 45 (2)
2019 Deportes Iquique 12 (0)
2019–2021 Magallanes 50 (7)
Total583(66)
International career
2004 Chile U23 6 (1)
2009–2014 Chile 7 (0)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Magallanes (youth)
2023 Magallanes (interim)
2024 Magallanes (assistant)
2024 Magallanes (caretaker)
2025– Magallanes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Braulio Antonio Leal Salvo (born 22 November 1981) is a Chilean football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Magallanes.

Contents

Club career

Youth career

Fuentes started his career at Primera División de Chile club Colo-Colo. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team.

Chile and Portugal

He began his professional career in 2000 with Colo-Colo where he stayed until 2006. In the club he achieved two tournaments, the Clausura 2002 and the Apertura 2006. As an anecdote, in 2005 he took part of the reality TV show Adidas Selection Team from Fox Sports Chile, where a squad made up by youth players from professional teams faced players from schools, standing out future professional footballers such as Felipe Seymour, Nelson Saavedra, Eduardo Vargas, among others. [1]

In 2004, he had a short stint with Portuguese club Vitória Sport Clube. In 2007, he signed for Audax Italiano, where he has become a fixture in the starting eleven. But in 2009 Unión Española signed this defensive midfielder, then became the captain of the team.

O'Higgins

Leal in 2013 signed for O'Higgins along with teammate Gonzalo Barriga. On December 10, 2013, he won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins and was the captain of team. In the tournament, he played in 13 of 18 matches. [2] In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique. [3]

He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [4]

Magallanes

On 5 June 2019, Leal joined Deportes Magallanes. [5]

Retirement

In November 2021, he announced his retirement from the football activity after a 22-year career. [6] However, he and the also former professional footballer, Andrés Reyes, joined amateur club Gol y Gol from Vivanco, Río Bueno, for the 2023 South Zone Inter Regional Championship. [7]

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Leal assumed as the Technical Head of the Magallanes youth system, at the same he performs as coach. [8] During 2024, he served as assistant coach of Ronald Fuentes. He assumed as head coach for the 2025 season. [9]

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo
O'Higgins

Individual

O'Higgins

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References

  1. ↑ Fernández, Denís (13 August 2015). "El reality que Eduardo Vargas no ganó" (in Spanish). La Tercera . Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "El cielo se tiñó de celeste: ¡O'Higgins campeón!".
  3. ↑ "O'higgins Ganó la Supercopa al Vencer a Deportes Iquique".
  4. ↑ "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores".
  5. ↑ Magallanes se blinda con experiencia y contrata a Braulio Leal para el segundo semestre de la Primera B, redgol.cl, 5 June 2019
  6. ↑ Ortega, Pablo (22 November 2021). "Braulio Leal prepara su nuevo paso tras el retiro: "Ya tengo ofrecimientos"" (in Spanish). AS Chile . Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Santiesteban, Pablo (3 December 2022). "Leal y Reyes reforzarán al campeón regional Gol y Gol". Diario de Valdivia (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  8. ↑ @cdmagallanes (27 January 2022). "Club Magallanes oficializa a Braulio Leal (@braulioleal2), como Jefe Técnico del área formativa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2022– via Instagram.
  9. ↑ Martínez, Nelson (13 December 2024). "Fue campeón en la quiebra con Colo Colo, se retiró en equipo de la B y ahora debuta como DT". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
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