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Leonardo Madelón
	Madelón in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Leonardo Carol Madelón
Date of birth	25 January 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Cafferata, Argentina
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1988	San Lorenzo
1988–1990	Unión Santa Fe
1990–1993	Rosario Central
Managerial career
1997–1998	Colegiales
1998–2000	El Porvenir
2001	Unión Santa Fe
2004	Nueva Chicago
2004–2005	Talleres de Córdoba
2006–2007	Olimpo
2007–2008	Rosario Central
2008–2009	Gimnasia La Plata
2010	Rosario Central
2010–2011	Quilmes
2011–2012	San Lorenzo
2013–2016	Unión Santa Fe
2016–2017	Belgrano
2017–2020	Unión Santa Fe
2021	Platense
2022	Arsenal de Sarandí
2023	Central Córdoba
2023–2024	Gimnasia La Plata
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonardo Carol Madelón (born 25 January 1963) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Career

Madelón played club football for San Lorenzo, Unión de Santa Fe and Rosario Central between 1982 and 1993.

Coaching career

In 1997, he started his managerial career with Colegiales in the lower leagues of Argentine football. He then had a spell with El Porvenir before returning to his former club Unión de Santa Fe in 2001.

He then had an unsuccessful spell in charge of Nueva Chicago in 2004. He returned to management in 2006, and lead Olimpo to both Apertura and Clausura championships in the Primera B Nacional (second division) 2006–07 season, gaining automatic promotion to the Primera División.^[1]

In 2007, he returned to his former club Rosario Central, and in 2008 he took over as manager of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. On 2 December 2009, the coach has quit Gimnasia and was replaced by Pablo Fernández.^[2] In 2010, Madelón coached Rosario Central again, but could not help the team avoid relegation.

For the 2010 Apertura, Madelón replaced Hugo Tocalli as Quilmes manager.