title: Pedro Leal (footballer)
text: # Pedro Leal (footballer)
  
  Pedro Luis Leal Valencia (born 31 January 1989) is a Costa Rican football player, currently playing for Puntarenas. He plays as a defender.
  
  ## Club career
  
  Leal started his career at hometown club Puntarenas.
  
  ### FK Senica
  
  In September 2011, he joined Slovak club FK Senica on one-year loan from Puntarenas. He made his debut for Senica against Ružomberok on 9 September 2011. In summer 2012 he returned to Puntarenas.
  
  In January 2014 Leal joined Deportiva Carmelita.
  
  Ahead of the 2019-20 season, Leal returned to his hometown club Puntarenas.
  
  ## International career
  
  Leal played in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Egypt.
  
  He made his debut for Costa Rica in a January 2011 Copa Centroamericana match against Guatemala and has, as of May 2014, earned a total of 11 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match and played at the 2011 Copa Centroamericana and the 2011 Copa América.
  
  