Leonardo Cecilio Fernández López (born 8 November 1998) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Toluca.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Cecilio Fernández López | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Toluca | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Amanecer | |||
| 2011–2015 | Fénix | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Fénix | 90 | (25) |
| 2019–2021 | Tigres UANL | 35 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Universidad de Chile (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Toluca (loan) | 10 | (8) |
| 2022– | Toluca | 38 | (13) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Uruguay U15 | 15 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Uruguay U17 | 19 | (5) |
| 2017 | Uruguay U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Uruguay U22 | 5 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:40, 31 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 August 2019 (UTC) | |||
Born in Montevideo, Fernández joined Fénix's youth setup in 2011, from lowly CSyD Amanecer.[1] On 31 May 2015, aged just 16, he made his first team – and Primera División – debut, coming on as a late substitute for Martín Ligüera in a 2–0 away loss against Peñarol.[2]
After spending his first two seasons as a backup, Fernández started to appear regularly from the 2017 campaign onwards. He scored his first professional goal on 25 March of that year, netting the winner in a 2–1 home defeat of El Tanque Sisley.[3]
On 4 March 2018, Fernández scored a brace in a 3–2 defeat to Defensor Sporting.[4] On 29 July, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 away routing of Cerro,[5] and finished the campaign with 11 goals, playing a key part as his side narrowly avoided relegation.
On 24 June 2019, he joined Tigres UANL for the pre-season but was later loaned to Club Universidad de Chile.
On 12 December 2019, Fernández joined Mexican club Toluca on a season-long loan.[6]
On 2020, he won player of the month of January in the Liga MX.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fénix | 2014–15 | Uruguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||||
| 2018 | 34 | 11 | — | — | — | 34 | 11 | |||||
| 2019 | 15 | 12 | — | — | — | 15 | 12 | |||||
| Total | 90 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 25 | ||
| Tigres UANL | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 13 | 1 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| Universidad de Chile (loan) | 2019 | Chilean Primera División | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Toluca (loan) | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 120 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 36 | ||
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