Gabriel Leis

Gabriel Leis Veiga (born 7 May 1950) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, and later worked as a manager.

Playing career

Leis was born in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, and began his career with SD Compostela. He later joined Pontevedra, being part of the team that was promoted as 1975–76 Tercera División group winners. He played 36 matches in the Segunda División the following season, before Pontevedra were relegated to the brand new Segunda División B. They suffered relegation again, back to the Tercera División, in 1980–81, and went on to win their group for the next two seasons, without achieving promotion. Leis left in 1983 to join Lalín, with whom he won a fourth Tercera División group in 1984–85, and endured another Segunda División B relegation a year later. with the club in the La Liga relegation play-off places. Leis guided them to victory in five of their remaining 11 matches, but they still finished the season in 17th, After Pichi Lucas acted as interim manager for three games, but despite improving the club's league position to 8th After one match with Franck Passi in interim charge, Leis took over for his third spell as manager. with the club bottom of the table. The rest of the season was no better, and they were relegated in last place.

Honours Player Pontevedra Tercera División: 1975–76, 1981–82, 1982–83

Lalín Tercera División: 1984–85

Career statistics As a player