Randall Leal

{{short description|Costa Rican footballer (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Randall Leal | fullname = Randall Enrique Leal Arley | image = Randall Leal.jpg | caption = Leal with KV Mechelen in 2017 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|1|14}} | birth_place = San José, Costa Rica | height = 1.69 m<ref>{{cite web |title=Randall Leal |url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/players/randall-leal/ |publisher=Nashville SC |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref> | currentclub = Herediano | clubnumber = | position = Attacking midfielder, winger | years1 = 2013–2015 | clubs1 = Belén | caps1 = 23 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2015–2018 | clubs2 = KV Mechelen | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2018–2019 | clubs3 = Saprissa | caps3 = 45 | goals3 = 8 | years4 = 2020–2024 | clubs4 = Nashville SC | caps4 = 105 | goals4 = 16 | years5 = 2023–2024 | clubs5 = → Huntsville City | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2025 | clubs6 = D.C. United | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2016–2017 | nationalteam1 = Costa Rica U20 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | nationalyears2 = 2021 | nationalteam2 = Costa Rica U23 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | nationalyears3 = 2018– | nationalteam3 = Costa Rica | nationalcaps3 = 29 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | club-update = 23:08, 1 January 2026 (UTC) | ntupdate = 18 November 2024 | years7 = 2026– | clubs7 = Herediano | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 }}

'''Randall Enrique Leal Arley''' (born 14 January 1997) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Liga FPD club Herediano and the Costa Rica national team.<ref>{{cite web|title=NASHVILLE SC ACQUIRES COSTA RICAN WINGER RANDALL LEAL FOR MLS ROSTER|url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/news_article/show/1046852|website=Nashville SC|access-date=6 September 2019}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In January 2025, D.C. United claimed Leal off waivers. He signed a one-year contract with an option for 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=D.C. United Acquires Midfielder Randall Leal Off Waivers |url=https://www.dcunited.com/news/d-c-united-acquires-midfielder-randall-leal-off-waivers |website=DCUnited.com |publisher=D.C. United |access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> On 26 November, the team announced that they had declined his contract option.<ref>{{Cite web |title=D.C. United Announces Roster Decisions Ahead of the 2026 MLS Season |url=https://www.dcunited.com/news/d-c-united-announces-roster-decisions-ahead-of-the-2026-mls-season |access-date=1 January 2026 |website=D.C. United}}</ref> On 31 December, Liga FPD club Herediano announced that they had signed Leal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 2025 |title=Randall Leal se une al Herediano como nuevo refuerzo |url=https://www.herediano.com/post/randall-leal-se-une-al-herediano-como-nuevo-refuerzo |access-date=1 January 2026 |website=Herediano |language=es}}</ref>

==Career statistics== === Club === {{updated|match played 10 May 2025}}<ref>{{Soccerway|leal-arley-randal-enrique/279647|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Belén |2013–14 |Costa Rican Primera División |18||1|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||18||1 |- |2014–15 |Liga FPD |5||1|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||5||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !23!!2!!colspan=2|—!!colspan=2|—!!colspan=2|—!!23!!2 |- |rowspan="4"|KV Mechelen |2015–16 | rowspan="3" |Belgian Pro League |11||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||11||0 |- |2016–17 |1||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||5{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League Playoffs}}||0||6||0 |- |2017–18 |1||0||1||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !13!!0!!1!!0!!colspan=2|—!!5!!0!!19!!0 |- |rowspan="3"|Saprissa |2018–19 | rowspan="2" |Liga FPD |26||4|| colspan="2" |—||2{{efn|Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||28||4 |- |2019–20 |19||4|| colspan="2" |—||9{{efn|Appearance(s) in CONCACAF League}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||28||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !45!!8!!colspan=2|—!!11!!0!!colspan=2|—!!56!!8 |- |rowspan="6"|Nashville SC |2020 |rowspan="5"|MLS |21||3|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||3{{efn|name=MLS|Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs}}||1||24||4 |- |2021 |31||8|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||2{{efn|name=MLS}}||0||33||8 |- |2022 |28||2||1||0|| colspan="2" |—||2{{efn|Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs and Leagues Cup}}||0||31||2 |- |2023 |21||3||2||0|| colspan="2" |—||2{{efn|name=LEC|Appearances in Leagues Cup}}||0||25||3 |- |2024 |4||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||4||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !105!!16!!3!!0!!colspan=2|—!!9!!1!!117!!17 |- |rowspan="3"|Huntsville FC |2023 |rowspan="2"|MLS Next Pro |1||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||1||0 |- |2024 |1||0|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—|| colspan="2" |—||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !2!!0!! colspan="2" |—!! colspan="2" |—!! colspan="2" |—!!2!!0 |- |D.C. United |2025 |MLS |4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||5||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !192!!26!!5!!0!!11!!0!!14!!1!!222!!27 |}

=== International === {{updated|match played 18 November 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|title=Randall Leal|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/71733/Randall_Leal.html|access-date=30 January 2021|website=www.national-football-teams.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|Costa Rica |2018||6||0 |- |2019||9||0 |- |2020||2||0 |- |2021||9||0 |- |2023||2||1 |- |2024||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!29!!1 |}

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- !No.!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition |- | 1. || 8 September 2023 || St James' Park, Newcastle, England || {{fb|KSA}} || align=center | '''3'''–1 || align=center | 3–1 || Friendly |}

==Honours== '''Saprissa''' *CONCACAF League: 2019

'''Individual''' *CONCACAF U-20 Championship Best XI: 2017

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{soccerway|leal-arley-randal-enrique/279647}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leal, Randall}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Costa Rican men's footballers Category:21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen Category:Costa Rica men's under-20 international footballers Category:Belgian Pro League players Category:KV Mechelen players Category:Nashville SC players Category:Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers Category:Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Category:Designated Players (MLS) Category:Major League Soccer players Category:Costa Rica men's international footballers Category:MLS Next Pro players Category:D.C. United players Category:Footballers at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games