Leandro Grimi

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Personal information
Leandro Grimi
Full name	Leandro Damián Marcelo Grimi
Date of birth	February 9, 1985 (1985-02-09) (age 23)
Place of birth	San Lorenzo, Santa Fé, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Left/centre back
Club information
Current club	Sporting Clube de Portugal
Number	18
Youth clubs
?-2004	Huracán
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2006 2006 2007– 2007 2008–	Huracán Racing Club AC Milan → Siena (loan) → Sporting (loan)	67 (0) 11 (1) 3 (0) 13 (0) 7 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Leandro Damian Grimi (born February 9, 1985 in San Lorenzo, Santa Fe) is an Argentine football (soccer) defender. He was signed in January 2007 by Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan from Racing Club de Avellaneda ^[1]. He also owns an Italian passport.

He started playing football for Club Atlético Huracán, being then sold to Racing Club de Avellaneda in 2006 for 750,000€. Grimi, elected best young player of the 2006 Argentine Apertura tournament[1], was signed by AC Milan on January 2007 for a sum of €2mi.^[2] His first match with the rossoneri was a friendly against Birkirkara FC, while in Malta on a training camp, but his official debut came in a Coppa Italia home match against Serie B team Arezzo, won 2-0. On April 18, 2007 he made his debut in Serie A against Ascoli, jumping in for the last 10 minutes.

He has been loaned out by AC Milan for the 2007-08 in order to gain some first team experience, with Siena taking him for the whole season. In January, 2008, was loaned to Sporting Clube de Portugal. ^[3]Ever since making his move to Sporting, he has made himself a regular in the first team and also helping Sporting to the Quarter-Finals in the UEFA Cup.