Jennifer Leiva


Jennifer Cristiana Leiva Medrano 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.