Richard Leyton

Richard Andrés Leyton Abrigo (born January 25, 1987) is a Chilean footballer, who plays goalkeeper for Deportes Copiapó.

Club career He made his professional debut in 2006 in a game versus Deportes Puerto Montt.

In 2010, he joined Santiago Morning.

International career In the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay, Leyton started the first two games for Chile. Chile lost those two games by a combined scored of 5–2. Leyton was regulated to the bench and Cristopher Toselli took over in goal for the rest of the tournament and subsequently the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. Leyton did not make the trip to Canada.

Later, he represented Chile U23 at the 2008 Inter Continental Cup in Malaysia.

Personal life At the same time Leyton has developed his football career, he has worked as a real estate agent and started a playground in Copiapó named Atacama Jump.

Honours Colo-Colo Primera División de Chile (4): 2006 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura