Leandro Damião

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Leandro Damião

Damião playing for Brazil in 2011
Personal information
Full nameLeandro Damião da Silva
dos Santos[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989[2]
Place of birthJardim Alegre, Brazil
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[3]
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
2008Atlético Tubarão
2008–2009Atlético Ibirama
2009–2010Internacional
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2013Internacional98(33)
2014–Santos0(0)
National team‡
2012Brazil U236(6)
2011–Brazil17(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 March 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 January 2014

Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos, commonly known as Leandro Damião (Brazilian Portuguese: [leˈɐ̃dɾu daˈmjɐ̃w̃]; born 22 July 1989), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Santos FC. He has been capped at international level by Brazil.

Club career

"Leandro Damiao, from Internacional de Porto Alegre. He's tall, strong, a very good goalscorer, a threat in the air and skilful with both feet. He'll play a big part in 2014."

Ronaldo, when asked to apply "the new Ronaldo" tag to one of the current Seleção crop by FIFA.com.[4]

Damião began his career as a midfielder, playing for local teams in Jardim Alegre.[5] He had unsuccessful trials with XV de Outubro and Atlético Ibirama before joining Atlético Tubarão. "When I went to Ibirama a lot of people said I wasn’t good enough," he said. "I had an awful lot of problems to face and I nearly gave up football to go and help my family."[5] During his time with Atlético Tubarão he established himself in the team, having moved into a more advanced position as a striker, and was given a second chance by Atlético Ibirama in 2009.[5] Having scored eight goals in the Santa Catarina state championship, Damião was transferred to Internacional where he won three titles with the club's under-20 side and earned a call-up to the B team.[5] He scored twice in his Campeonato Gaúcho debut and was then called up to the first team for their 2010 Copa Libertadores campaign. Damião won his first major title in August 2010 when he helped Internacional defeat Guadalajara in the Copa Libertadores Finals.[6] He scored the club's second goal in their second leg victory in Porto Alegre to win the competition 5–3 on aggregate.[7]

Santos

After a season below standards with Internacional (only 13 goals in nearly 50 matches) and negotiations for his transfer to English side Tottenham Hotspur in June 2013,[8] Damião signed with fellow top-divisioner Santos FC in December, who paid a R$ 41 million fee, supported by investors, to bring Damião to Vila Belmiro.[9] He was presented on 9 January of the following year.[10]

Damião made his Santos debut on 6 February 2014, starting in a 2–1 away win over Linense, scoring a goal which was later disallowed due to offside.[11]

International career

He was given his first call-up to the Brazil national team in March 2011 for the friendly against Scotland after Alexandre Pato withdrew from the squad due to injury. "I'm taking advantage of the circumstances to summon a player who has been playing well with Internacional and is young enough to play in the Olympics," said head coach Mano Menezes.[12] He won his first cap in the match at the Emirates Stadium in London, which Brazil won 2–0.[13][14] Damião scored his first goal for Brazil in a 1–0 friendly win against Ghana on 5 September at Craven Cottage.[15]

Damião represented Brazil at the 2012 Olympic football tournament in London. He was the tournament's top scorer with six goals in five appearances, as Brazil finished runners-up to Mexico. He also demonstrated his abitlity to pull off the tricks regularly associated to the players from Brazil when he performed a perfect Rainbow flick in one of the matches.

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 February 2014.[2]
Club Season Brasileirão Copa do Brasil Copa Libertadores State League Sudamericana1 Other2 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Internacional 2010 257—118400103512
2011 2814—84131723225340
2012 197—1061411——4324
2013 26550—178——4813
Total 98335019115240233217989
Santos 2014 0000—1000—10
Total 0000—1000—10
Career total 98335019115340233218089
1Includes other competitive competitions, including the Recopa Sudamericana: 2011.
2Includes other competitive competitions, including the FIFA Club World Cup: 2010 and Audi Cup: 2011.

International

As of match played on 6 April 2013.[16]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 201141
2012101
201311
Total153

International goals

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1.2011-09-05Craven Cottage, London, England Ghana1–01–0Friendly
2.2012-08-15Råsunda Stadium, Solna Municipality, Sweden Sweden1–0 3–0Friendly
3.2013-04-06Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia Bolivia1–04–0Friendly

Honours

Club

Internacional

International

Brazil

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Southampton FC "Leandro Damião". Retrieved 4 August 2010. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Leandro Damião da Silva dos Santos Media". 
  3. ↑ "Leandro Damiao". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 5 June 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Leandro Damiao: The new Ronaldo?". givemefootball.com. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Leandro Damiao: I've achieved my dream". FIFA. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  6. ↑ Sturtridge, Tim (19 August 2010). "Internacional superstars claim Copa Libertadores win". The Independent. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Copa Libertadores: Internacional claim the title". ESPNsoccernet. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  8. ↑ "Tottenham reabre negociações por Leandro Damião" [Tottenham re-opens negotiations for Leandro Damião] (in Portuguese). 6 June 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.  Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
  9. ↑ Inter aceita e Leandro Damião fecha com o Santos (Inter agrees and Leandro Damião signs with Santos); Fox Sports, 11 December 2013 (Portuguese)
  10. ↑ "Leandro Damião dirige bonde e é recebido com festa por torcedores do Santos FC" [Leandro Damião conducts tramcar and is received with party by Santos FC's supporters] (in Portuguese). Santos FC. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014. 
  11. ↑ "Na estreia de Damião, Santos vence Linense com gol de Menino da Vila" [In Damião's debut, Santos beats Linense with a goal from a Menino da Vila] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014. 
  12. ↑ "Alexandre Pato misses Brazil friendly with Scotland". BBC Sport. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  13. ↑ Murray, Ewan (27 March 2011). "Neymar shines brightest as Brazil make light work of Scotland". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  14. ↑ Campbell, Andy (27 March 2011). "Scotland 0–2 Brazil". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 June 2011. 
  15. ↑ "Brazil 1–0 Ghana". BBC Sport. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
  16. ↑ "Leandro Damião". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 April 2012. 

External links

Men's tournament
Women's tournament
Brazil men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Silver Medalists
Brazil
Santos FC – current squad
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