title: Jennifer Leiva
text: # Jennifer Leiva
  
  Jennifer Cristiana Leiva Medrano (born 10 November 1991) is a Nicaraguan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Nicaragua women's national team.
  
  ## International career
  
  Leiva capped for Nicaragua at senior level during the 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying qualification and the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.
  
  ## Managerial career
  
  In 2012, Leiva was found to have a brain tumor. She consequently retired from her playing career and by 2013 she was the assistant coach of the Nicaragua women's national team.
  
  