Luís Leal (footballer)

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Luís Leal
Personal information
Full name	Luís Leal dos Anjos
Date of birth	(1987-05-29) 29 May 1987
Place of birth	Arrentela, Portugal
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Al-Ahli
Number	19
Youth career
1998–2002	Sporting CP
2002–2006	Cova da Piedade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2008	Cova da Piedade
2008–2009	Atlético	29	(12)
2009–2010	Moreirense	32	(13)
2010–2011	Estoril	23	(8)
2011–2012	União Leiria	16	(2)
2012–2013	Estoril	41	(15)
2014–	Al-Ahli	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

Luís Leal dos Anjos (born 29 May 1987 in Arrentela, Setúbal District), known as Leal, is a Santomean professional footballer who plays for Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah) in Saudi Arabia, as a striker.

Club career

Leal started playing football with Sporting Clube de Portugal,^[1] moving after four years to Clube Desportivo Cova da Piedade. He made his senior debuts with the latter, playing a couple of seasons in the fourth division.

Leal then had two solid campaigns in the third level, one apiece with Atlético Clube de Portugal and Moreirense FC, continuing his professional progression in the 2010 summer by signing with G.D. Estoril Praia in division two.^[1] He made his debuts in the top flight in the 2011–12 campaign with U.D. Leiria,^[2] appearing in his first game in the category on 15 August 2011, against Académica de Coimbra (18 minutes played, 1–2 home loss).

In the 2012 summer, after Leiria's relegation (and further demotion to the third division due to irregularities), Leal returned to Estoril, with the team now in the top level. He started the season in impressive fashion, scoring a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win against C.S. Marítimo^[3] and one in a 2–2 draw at former club Sporting.^[4]

International career

Born in Portugal, Leal expressed his desire to represent São Tomé and Príncipe internationally.^[5]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Full circle – a decade in the life of Luís Leal; PortuGOAL, 28 September 2012
↑ Avançados Luís Leal e Jorge Chula são os primeiros reforços (Forwards Luís Leal and Jorge Chula are first signings); MSN Desporto, 17 June 2011 (Portuguese)
↑ Luís Leal e o «hat trick»: «Foi uma boa noite» (Luís Leal and «hat trick»: «It was a good night»); Mais Futebol, 24 September 2012 (Portuguese)
↑ Estoril derail Sporting at the Alvalade; PortuGOAL, 29 September 2012
↑ S.Tomé/CAN/2013: Luís Leal chegou finalmente ao país e viaja ainda hoje para Malabo (S.Tomé/CAN/2013: Luís Leal finally arrived in the country and travels to Malabo still today); STP Press, 12 June 2012 (Portuguese)

External links

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Persondata
Name	Leal, Luis
Alternative names	Leal dos Anjos, Luis
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	29 May 1987
Place of birth	Arrentela, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death

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