Leonardo Madelón

Leonardo Madelón

Personal information
Full name	Leonardo Carol Madelón
Date of birth	(1963-01-25) January 25, 1963
Place of birth	Cafferata, Santa Fe, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Youth career
	San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1988	San Lorenzo	113	(8)
1988–1990	Unión	29	(1)
1990–1993	Rosario Central	68	(8)
Teams managed
1997–1998	Colegiales
1998–2000	El Porvenir
2001	Unión
2004	Nueva Chicago
2006–2007	Olimpo
2007–2008	Rosario Central
2008–2009	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
2010	Rosario Central
2010–2011	Quilmes
2012-	San Lorenzo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Leonardo Carol Madelón (born 25 January 1963) is an Argentine former footballer and current manager.

Career

Madelón played club football for San Lorenzo, Unión de Santa Fe and Rosario Central between 1982 and 1993.

Coaching career

In 1997 he started his managerial career with Colegiales in the lower leagues of Argentine football. He then had a spell with El Porvenir before returning to his former club Unión de Santa Fe in 2001.

He then had an unsuccessful spell in charge of Nueva Chicago in 2004. He returned to management in 2006, and lead Olimpo to both Apertura and Clausura championships in the Primera B Nacional (second division) 2006–07 season, gaining automatic promotion to the Primera División.

In 2007 he returned to his former club Rosario Central, and in 2008 he took over as manager of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. On 2 December 2009, the coach has quit Gimnasia and was replaced by Pablo Fernández. In 2010, Madelón coached Rosario Central again, but could not help the team avoid relegation.

For the 2010 Apertura, Madelón replaced Hugo Tocalli as Quilmes manager.

Managerial titles

Season	Team	Title
Apertura 2006	Olimpo	Primera B Nacional
Clausura 2007	Olimpo	Primera B Nacional

External links

• BDFA profile (Spanish)
• Managerial statistics in the Argentine Primera (Spanish)