Leonel Vangioni

{{short description|Argentine footballer}} {{family name hatnote|Vangioni|Rangel|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Leonel Vangioni | image = Leonel Vangioni 2022.jpg | caption = Leonel Vangioni in 2022 | full_name = Leonel Jesús Vangioni Rangel<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.calciomercato.com/news/milan-tutti-i-numeri-di-maglia-496655|title=Milan: Tutti i numeri di maglia}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|5|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rayados.com/plantel/detalle/88 |title=Leonel Jesús Vangioni - Sitio Oficial del Club de Futbol Monterrey |access-date=2017-08-05 |archive-date=2017-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805220141/http://www.rayados.com/plantel/detalle/88 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_place = Villa Constitución, Argentina | height = 1.81 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newellsoldboys.com.ar/plantel/detallejugador/Vangioni-Leonel-05-05-87 |title=Leonel Vangioni |language=es |publisher=Newell's Old Boys |access-date=28 September 2022}}</ref> | position = Left-back | currentclub = Quilmes | clubnumber = 3 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Newell's Old Boys | years1 = 2006–2012 | clubs1 = Newell's Old Boys | caps1 = 157 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2013–2016 | clubs2 = River Plate | caps2 = 92 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = AC Milan | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2017–2020 | clubs4 = Monterrey | caps4 = 79 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2020–2022 | clubs5 = Libertad | caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2022–2024 | clubs6 = Newell's Old Boys | caps6 = 37 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2025– | clubs7 = Quilmes | caps7 = 8 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2009–2014 | nationalteam1 = Argentina | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 16:13, 30 May 2025 (UTC) | ntupdate = }}

'''Leonel Jesús Vangioni Rangel''' (born 5 May 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a left-back for Quilmes in the Primera Nacional. He has represented the Argentina national team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.d10.ultimahora.com/el-guma-presenta-leonel-vangioni-n2910034.html/amp|title = El Guma presenta a Leonel Vangioni}}</ref>

==Club career== His grandfather, Davide Roca, originated from Riesi in the Province of Caltanissetta, Sicily.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/talent_scout/2009/03/21-62297/Leonel+Vangioni,+il+gioiello+che+piace+a+Maradona|title=Leonel Vangioni, il gioiello che piace a Maradona|last=Chioffi|first=Stefano|date=21 March 2009|website=www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio|publisher=Corriere dello Sport|language=Italian|access-date=25 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515002450/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/talent_scout/2009/03/21-62297/Leonel+Vangioni%2C+il+gioiello+che+piace+a+Maradona|archive-date=15 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Vangioni made his professional debut for Newell's in November 2006 and soon established himself as an important member of the first team squad. He scored his first goal in a game against San Lorenzo de Almagro on 4 August 2007. He moved to River Plate in January 2013 for a fee around €1.1 million.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

On 14 February 2016, it was announced that Vangioni would be joining Italian club AC Milan on the expiration of his River contract in July. On 16 January 2017, Vangioni made his debut with Milan, coming as a substitute for Davide Calabria in a 2–2 draw against Torino.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/match-report/2016-17/UNICO/UNI/20/TORMIL|title=Calendario e Risultati <nowiki>|</nowiki> Stagione 2016-17 <nowiki>|</nowiki> 20^ Giornata|language=Italian|publisher=Lega Serie A|date=16 January 2017|accessdate=16 January 2017|archive-date=17 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117150507/http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/match-report/2016-17/UNICO/UNI/20/TORMIL|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 21 July 2017, it was announced that he would sign for Monterrey.

===Libertad=== On 19 October 2020, D10 announced that Vangioni had signed with Club Libertad in the Primera División Paraguaya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.d10.ultimahora.com/el-guma-presenta-leonel-vangioni-n2910034.html/amp|title = El Guma presenta a Leonel Vangioni}}</ref> Libertad officially presented Vangioni through Social Media as he arrive from Liga MX club Monterrey, where he was teammates with Paraguayan Celso Ortiz.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.d10.ultimahora.com/el-guma-presenta-leonel-vangioni-n2910034.html/amp|title = El Guma presenta a Leonel Vangioni}}</ref>

==International career==

Vangioni was called up to the Argentina national team for the first time to play a friendly match against Ghana on 30 September 2009. In 2012, he took part in both legs of the Superclásico de las Américas.

==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|28 May 2017}}<ref name=SW>{{Soccerway|leonel-ezequiel-vangioni/14286}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season ! colspan="3" |League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="8" |Newell's Old Boys |2006–07 | rowspan="7" |Primera División |14||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||14||0 |- |2007–08 |26||1|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||26||1 |- |2008–09 |34||5|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||34||5 |- |2009–10 |31||1|| colspan="2" |—||2<ref group="lower-alpha" name="Lib">Appearances in Copa Libertadores</ref>||0|| colspan="2" |—||33||1 |- |2010–11 |13||0|| colspan="2" |—||2<ref group="lower-alpha" name="Sud">Appearances in Copa Sudamericana</ref>||0|| colspan="2" |—||15||0 |- |2011–12 |27||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||27||0 |- |2012–13 |18||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||18||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !163!!7!! colspan="2" |—!!4!!0!! colspan="2" |—!!167!!7 |- | rowspan="6" |River Plate |2012–13 | rowspan="5" |Primera División |18||4|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||18||4 |- |2013–14 |35||0||1||0||6<ref group=lower-alpha name=Sud/>||0|| colspan="2" |—||42||0 |- |2014 |15||1|| colspan="2" |—||8<ref group=lower-alpha name=Sud/>||0||1<ref group="lower-alpha" name="Sup">Appearance in Supercopa Argentina</ref> |0||24||1 |- |2015 |13||0||2||0||12<ref group="lower-alpha" name="Con1">1 appearance in Copa Sudamericana, 11 appearances in Copa Libertadores</ref>||0||4<ref group="lower-alpha" name="Oth">2 appearances in both Recopa Sudamericana and FIFA Club World Cup</ref>||0||31||0 |- |2016 |9||0|| colspan="2" |—||4<ref group=lower-alpha name=Lib/>||0|| colspan="2" |—||13||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !90!!5!!3!!0!!30!!0!!5!!0!!128!!5 |- |Milan |2016–17 |Serie A |15||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||0||0||15||0 |- ! colspan="3" | Career total !268!!12!!3!!0!!34!!0!!5!!0!!310!!12 |}

===International=== ''{{As of|2014|10|14}}''.<ref>{{NFT player|id=33661|name=Leonel Jesús Vangioni|accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | Argentina national team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2009||1||0 |- |2012||1||0 |- |2014||1||0 |- !Total||3||0 |}

==Honours==

'''River Plate''' * Argentina Primera Division (1): 2014 Final * Copa Campeonato (1): 2013–14 * Copa Sudamericana (1): 2014 * Recopa Sudamericana (1): 2015 * Copa Libertadores (1): 2015 * Suruga Bank Championship (1): 2015

'''Milan''' * Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2016

'''Monterrey''' * Liga MX (1): Apertura 2019 * Copa MX (1): Apertura 2017 * CONCACAF Champions League (1): 2019

'''Individual''' * Liga MX Best XI: Apertura 2017

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{in lang|es}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120517141303/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=13503&SEOFutbolista=Vangioni+Leonel+Ezequiel Argentine Primera statistics]}} at Fútbol XXI * [http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/5536/ Football-Lineups player profile] * [https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=1234451&s=mundial&type=story espndeportes.espn.go.com]

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