Leonardo Augusto Bonifácio

Léo Bonfim
Personal information
Full nameLeonardo Augusto Bonifácio
Date of birth14 January 1983
Place of birthFoz do Iguaçu, Brazil
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Salgueiros 08
Youth career
1997–1998Cruzeiro
1998–2001Vila Nova
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2005Serra FC
2006Portuguesa
2007Ceará
2007–2008Vitória Setúbal1(0)
2008–2009Gondomar7(0)
2009–2010Olimpija Ljubljana19(2)
2010–2012Boavista31(1)
2012–2013Naval5(0)
2013–Salgueiros 0823(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 July 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Leonardo Augusto Bonifácio (born 14 January 1983 in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná), commonly known as Léo Bonfim, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for S.C. Salgueiros 08 in Portugal as a central defender.

Football career

After playing youth football for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and Vila Nova Futebol Clube, Léo Bonfim began his senior career in 2002 with amateurs Sociedade Desportiva Serra Futebol Clube. Four years later he competed with Associação Portuguesa de Desportos in the Série B, remaining in the same division in the next season, with Ceará Sporting Club.

During the winter transfer window of 2007–08, Portuguese top level team Vitória de Setúbal brought Bonfim to his ranks. After only one league match during the entire campaign he left for another team in the country, second division's Gondomar SC.

In the 2009 summer Bonfim signed with NK Olimpija Ljubljana in the Slovenian First League, but after one season he returned to Portugal, joining Boavista F.C. in level three.

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