Leandro Grimi

Leandro Grimi

Personal information
Full name	Leandro Damián Marcelo Grimi
Date of birth	(1985-02-09) 9 February 1985
Place of birth	San Lorenzo, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Racing Club
Number	3
Youth career
	Huracán
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	Huracán	63	(10)
2006	Racing Club	11	(1)
2007–2008	Milan	3	(0)
2007	→ Siena (loan)	13	(0)
2008	→ Sporting CP (loan)	9	(0)
2008–2013	Sporting CP	35	(1)
2011–2012	→ Genk (loan)	7	(0)
2012–2013	→ Godoy Cruz (loan)	3	(1)
2013–2014	Godoy Cruz	32	(3)
2014–	Racing Club	36	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:11, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Leandro Damián Marcelo Grimi (born 9 February 1985) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Racing Club de Avellaneda as a left back.

Football career

Early years / Milan

Born in San Lorenzo, Santa Fe, Grimi played for Club Atlético Huracán and Racing Club de Avellaneda in his homeland, appearing in 11 top division games with the latter. In January 2007 the 22-year-old was by Italian club A.C. Milan, for €2 million.

After appearing in a friendly match with Birkirkara FC, in the team's training camp in Malta, Grimi made his official debut for the Rossoneri against A.C. Arezzo, a 2–0 win in the season's Italian Cup. On 18 April 2007 he made his first appearance in the Serie A, playing the last 11 minutes of a 5–2 win at Ascoli Calcio 1898.

Sporting

Grimi spent the first half of the 2007–08 campaign on loan to fellow top division club A.C. Siena. In January 2008, in the same predicament, he signed for Sporting Clube de Portugal, appearing in 20 official games in his first year – nine in the league – as the Lions finished in second position, also winning the 2007–08 Taça de Portugal, with the player playing the full 120 minutes in a 2–0 extra time win against F.C. Porto.

On 15 July 2008, Milan announced Sporting had acquired Grimi on a permanent basis. He signed a five-year contract, with the Lisbon club paying the Italians €2.5 million plus 35% of a future transfer fee (Sporting was also able to acquire 5% of the player's rights for €200,000 every time it qualified for the UEFA Champions League). His minimum-fee release clause amounted to €25m.

After the arrival of Evaldo Fabiano from S.C. Braga in the 2010 off-season, Grimi became a fringe player for Sporting, appearing in only four official matches during the season – two in the league, for a total of 253 minutes – and being loaned in the very last day of the 2011 summer transfer window to K.R.C. Genk in the Belgian Pro League.

External links

• Leandro Grimi at footballzz.co.uk
• Leandro Grimi profile at ForaDeJogo
• Leandro Grimi at Soccerway
• Guardian Stats Centre