Leandro Zbinden
{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Leandro Zbinden
| image =
| full_name = Leandro José Zbinden
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|7|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Fribourg, Switzerland
| height = 1.86m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Étoile Carouge
| clubnumber = 99
| youthyears1 = 2010–2014 | youthclubs1 = Plaffeien
| youthyears2 = 2014–2017 | youthclubs2 = Fribourg
| youthyears3 = 2017–2020 | youthclubs3 = Young Boys
| years1 = 2020–2023 | clubs1 = Young Boys U21 | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2021–2023 | clubs2 = Young Boys | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2024– | clubs3 = Étoile Carouge | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2016
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U15
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| medaltemplates =
| pcupdate = 4 November 2024
| ntupdate = 07:41, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
}}
Leandro José Zbinden (born 30 July 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Étoile Carouge.
Professional career
Zbinden is a youth academy of Plaffeien, Fribourg, and Young Boys, before moving to the reserves of Young Boys in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://frapp.ch/de/articles/stories/eine-reise-mit-den-grossen-nach-amsterdam|title=Eine Reise mit den Grossen nach Amsterdam|website=Frapp}} He made his professional debut with Young Boys in a 1–1 Swiss Super League tie with Basel on 15 December 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://ca.soccerway.com/matches/2021/12/15/switzerland/super-league/bsc-young-boys-bern/fc-basel/3524245/|title=Young Boys vs. Basel - 15 December 2021 - Soccerway|website=ca.soccerway.com}}
International career
Born in Switzerland, Zbinden is of Brazilian descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/superleague/der-talentierte-leandro-zbinden-huetet-auch-heute-das-yb-tor-der-fribourger-junge-aus-der-wg-im-yb-haus-id17087645.html|title=Der Fribourger Junge aus der WG im YB-Haus|first=Alain|last=Kunz|date=December 21, 2021|website=Blick}} He is a youth international for Switzerland, having represented the Switzerland U15s in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/sport/fussball/super-league/moeglicher-yb-goalie-gegen-fcb-ammeter-16-monate-weg-vom-fenster-und-ploetzlich-im-fokus|title=Möglicher YB-Goalie gegen FCB – Ammeter: 16 Monate weg vom Fenster und plötzlich im Fokus|date=December 15, 2021|website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|leandro-jose-zbinden/572189}}
- [https://www.sfl.ch/superleague/klubs/bsc-young-boys/player/leandro-jose-zbinden/season/202122/ SFL Profile]
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Category:Footballers from Fribourg
Category:Swiss men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers
Category:Swiss people of Brazilian descent
Category:BSC Young Boys players
Category:Étoile Carouge FC players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Swiss Promotion League players