Leandro Pereira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leandro Marcos Pereira | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Araçatuba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Palmeiras | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ferroviária | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011–2012 | Ferroviária | ||
| 2012 | → Mogi Mirim (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Cianorte | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Capivariano (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 2013 | → Icasa (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| 2014 | → Portuguesa (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Chapecoense (loan) | 24 | (10) |
| 2015– | Palmeiras | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Leandro Marcos Pereira (born 13 July 1991), known as Leandro Pereira or simply Leandro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Palmeiras as a forward.
Career
Born in Araçatuba, Leandro began his career on Ferroviária, making his senior debuts in 2011. In the following year he signed with Mogi Mirim,[1] and went on to appear twice in that year's Campeonato Paulista. In December 2012 he signed with Capivariano,[2] but left the club in May of the following year, joining Icasa.[3]
In January 2014 Leandro signed a short-term contract with Portuguesa.[4] On 1 April, after appearing regularly with Lusa, he moved to Chapecoense, freshly promoted to Série A.[5]
Leandro made his top level debut on 27 April, starting in a 1–2 away loss against Sport Recife.[6] He scored his first goal in the competition on 25 September, netting the last of a 3–0 home win against Atlético-PR.[7]
Leandro finished the campaign with 10 goals, netting all of them in the last four months of the competition. On 19 December 2014, after being linked to Corinthians, he signed a five-year deal with fierce rivals Palmeiras.[8]
References
- ↑ Leandro Banana explica origem do apelido incomum (Leandro Banana explains unusual nickname's origin); Futebol Interior, 3 January 2012 (Portuguese)
- ↑ A2: Capivariano acerta com atacante dispensado pela Ferroviária (A2: Capivariano signs with forward released from Ferroviária); Sim! News, 22 December 2012 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Icasa acerta com mais quatro reforços para a Série B (Icasa completes four more signings for Série B); Tribuna do Ceará, 9 May 2013 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Portuguesa apresenta novos reforços para a temporada de 2014 (Portuguesa presents new reinforcements for 2014 season); Portuguesa's official website, 17 January 2014 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Chapecoense contrata atacante Leandro (Chapecoense signs forward Leandro); Diário Catarinense, 1 April 2014 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Sport mantém embalo do título estadual e bate a Chapecoense (Sport keeps state championship run going and defeats Chapecoense); Globo Esporte, 27 April 2014 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Chape aproveita a bola aérea, faz 3 a 0 e aumenta crise do Atlético-PR (Chape takes advantage of the aerial play, scores 3–0 and worsen Atlético-PR's crisis); Globo Esporte, 25 September 2014 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Após superar rival, Palmeiras fecha com o atacante Leandro, da Chape (After overcoming rival, Palmeiras signs with forward Leandro, from Chape); Globo Esporte, 19 December 2014 (Portuguese)
External links
- Soccerway profile
- Ogol profile (Portuguese)
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