On 2011, Leiva began his managerial career at the
Universidad de Chile youth ranks and
Jorge Sampaoli, manager of the first team, gave him in charge of the "sparring team". From 2012 to 2019 - with the managers
Jorge Sampaoli,
Juan Antonio Pizzi and
Reinaldo Rueda - he worked in the technical staff of
Chile national team as a video and report assistant and
Chile U15's manager (from 2017 to 2019). After
Hernán Caputto left
Chile U17, on 9 July 2019 he was confirmed as the new manager for the
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where Chile U17 reached the
second stage. At the same time, he also worked as assistant coach of
Bernardo Redín in
Chile U23 in both
2019 Maurice Revello Tournament and
2020 Pre-Olympic Tournament. In 2020, he took his first challenge at the
Chilean Primera División by assuming the management of
Deportes Iquique. On 11 December 2024, Leiva joined the technical staff of
Ariel Pereyra in
Colón as an assistant coach. After Colón, Leiva made training of coaches in
Honduras alongside Reinaldo Rueda. He also has a sports complex in the
Valparaíso Region, Chile. ==Personal life==