Leonel Justiniano

{{short description|Bolivian footballer (born 1992)}} {{family name hatnote|Justiniano|Arauz|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Leonel Justiniano | image = 14 06 2019 Abertura da Copa América Brasil 2019 (48064588641) (cropped).jpg | caption = Justiniano with Bolivia at the 2019 Copa América | fullname = Leonel Justiniano Arauz | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|7|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | height = {{height|m=1.72}} | position = central midfielder | currentclub = Bolívar | clubnumber = 23 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Bolívar | years1 = 2011–2019 | clubs1 = Bolívar | caps1 = 192 | goals1 = 16 | years2 = 2014–2015 | clubs2 = → Nacional Potosí (loan) | caps2 = 42 | goals2 = 9 | years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = Wilstermann | caps3 = 36 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2021– | clubs4 = Bolívar | caps4 = 140 | goals4 = 13 | nationalyears1 = 2017– | nationalteam1 = Bolivia | nationalcaps1 = 52 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | club-update = 30 December 2025 | nationalteam-update = 23:27, 1 July 2024 (UTC) }}

'''Leonel Justiniano Arauz''' (born 2 July 1992), is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for División Profesional club Bolívar, which he captains, and the Bolivia national team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/67519/Leonel_Justiniano.html|title=Leonel Justiniano|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>

==International statistics== {{updated|match played 1 July 2024}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="8"|Bolivia |2017||7||0 |- |2018||8||0 |- |2019||9||1 |- |2020||2||0 |- |2021||15||0 |- |2022||4||1 |- |2023||3||0 |- |2024||5||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||53||2 |}

:''Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.'' {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 22 June 2019 || Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil || {{fb|VEN}} || align=center|'''1'''–2 || align=center| 1–3 ||2019 Copa América |- | 2. || 21 January 2022 || Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre, Bolivia || {{fb|TRI}} || align="center"|'''4'''–0 || align="center"|5–0 || Friendly |}

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==External links== *{{Soccerway|leonel-justiniano/170297}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Justiniano, Leonel}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Bolivian men's footballers Category:21st-century Bolivian sportsmen Category:Bolivia men's international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Bolivian Primera División players Category:Club Bolívar players Category:Footballers from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Category:2019 Copa América players Category:2021 Copa América players Category:2024 Copa América players