Leonardo Di Lorenzo

Football player infobox
playername = Leonardo Di Lorenzo



fullname = Leonardo Di Lorenzo

nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=8
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|5|20
cityofbirth = Buenos Aires
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub = Montreal Impact

clubnumber = 8
position = Offensive midfielder
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years = 2000-2002
2003
2004
2005
2006-
clubs = San Lorenzo
Atlético Rafaela
San Lorenzo
Argentinos Juniors
Montreal Impact
caps(goals) = 27 (1)
35 (2)
2 (0)
1 (0)
71 (8)
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nationalteam =
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pcupdate = August 14, 2007 Leonardo Di Lorenzo (born May 20 1981 in Buenos Aires) is a Argentine footballer. He currently plays for Montreal Impact.

Football career

He started playing soccer in the professional ranks in 2000, with San Lorenzo, where he was part of the San Lorenzo team that reached the National A Division closing tournament, and helped the club achieve its first international success by winning the Mercosur Cup. Later on he had spells with Atlético Rafaela and Argentinos Juniors.

He was spotted by the Montreal Impact head coach Nick De Santis during a scouting trip in Argentina in January 2006, and signed a two-year contract with the USL First Division club. In his first season with the Impact he played in 19 games and spent 1,427 minutes on the field in regular-season action, making him the busiest Impact player among those into their first USL First Division season, and scored two goals and collected six assists for 10 points making him the second highest total among Impact players after Mauricio Salles. Helped the Impact claim the regular-season title as well as the Voyageurs Cup, and he won the Impact’s Newcomer of the Year award.

In his second season he was is one of the 13 players in the league who played all 28 regular-season games. He ended the season with three goals and four assists for 10 points, and earned a spot in the 2007 USL First Division Second All-league Team for a second straight season. He was also named five times to the USL First Division Team of the Week. At the team’s annual awards banquet he was awarded the Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy as the Impact's MVP. Impact's head coach, De Santis said of him "Leonardo came to training camp in perfect shape and it gave him the chance to be constant all season long. He was a key player during 28 games. After only two seasons, he is already part of the team’s nucleus". [ [http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=791&Focus=0 News ] ]

References

External links

*es icon [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=13609&SEOFutbolista=Di+Gregorio+Matias+Gabriel Argentine Primera statistics] at Futbol XXI
* [http://www.montrealimpact.com/Team/Player.aspx?language=EN&PlayerID=141 player profile]