Leonardo de Jesus Geraldo

Leonardo
Personal information
Full nameLeonardo de Jesus Geraldo
Date of birth4 August 1985
Place of birthCarapicuíba,[1] Brazil
Height1.72 m (5.6 ft)
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
Mogi Mirim
Youth career
Portuguesa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2007Portuguesa97(4)
2008–2011Olympiacos41(2)
2010–2011→ Internacional (loan)3(0)
2011–2012PAOK1(0)
2012–2013Grêmio Barueri17(1)
2013Atlético Goianiense22(2)
2013–2014Vila Nova5(1)
2014–Mogi Mirim8(0)
National team
2007Brazil U231(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 February 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Leonardo de Jesus Geraldo known as Leonardo or just Léo (born 4 August 1985) is a Brazilian footballer, usually playing as a wing-back.

Career

Portuguesa

Born in São Paulo state, Leonardo started his career with Portuguesa de Desportos. After made his national league debut at 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, he signed a new 3½-year contract with club in August 2005.[2] In 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, he was the regular start of the team, played 18 out of 21 games and 11 out of 12 games in champion playoffs. He missed twice due to suspension (that season he was cautioned 11 times and every 3 cautions suspend once[3]) and rested in round 21. That season Lusa finished as the 4th. In 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, he played 23 league matches and most notably missed 9 matches from round 11 to 19 and the last 4 matches of the league. He was cautioned 3 times that season but no suspension. He enjoyed his best season in 2007, winning Campeonato Paulista Série A2, played 35 times in 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, scored 2 goals and just suspended once. That season he was cautioned 5 times in Serie B. Portuguesa finished as the third and promoted to 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He also earned an international cap coached by Dunga on 9 December.

He did not play in 2008 Campeonato Paulista as he was busy in transfer talks.

Olympiacos

Leonardo was signed by Olympiacos in January 2008.[4] for a reported €2 million paid to Lusa to buy its 65% economic rights of the player. The rest was owned by a third-party owner José Riva.[5][6] In July 2011 his contract was terminated.

Internacional

In June 2010, he was loaned back to Brazil in 1-year deal.[7] However he suffered from injury[8] and did not played any match for the first team in 2011 season.

PAOK

In 9 September 2011 Leonardo signed one-year contract with PAOK. The club keeps the right to break this contract on January 2012, if the player won't meet its expectations.[9]

International career

The left-back was set to be in Brazil's 2008 Olympic football squad and gained his first national cap in a pre-olympic friendly, against Brazil League Best XI.[10] He then dropped from preliminary squad.

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
2004[11]PortuguesaSérie B100 ??1
2005[12]18+112+0 ??1
2006[13]230 ??1
2007[14]35210223[15]585
Greece League Greek Cup League Cup Europe Total
2007–08 Olympiacos Superleague110?? 20??
2008–0980??30??
2009–10192??82??2
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
2010InternacionalSérie A30 Nil330
2011000000
Total Brazil 100410??00??1
Greece 382?? 132??2
Career total 1386??132????4

State Leagues were marked as league cup
1 No stats. available for 2004 to 2006 Campeonato Paulista Série A1 and Campeonato Paulista Série A2.
2 3 games in 2010 qualification playoffs for European competitions
3 Not registered in 2010 and 2011 Copa Libertadores[16]
4 See note 1 and 2

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Internazional Profile (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ "BID ACUMULATIVO SÉRIE B /2005". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) (in Portuguese). 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 5 May 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "REGULAMENTO GERAL DAS COMPETIÇÕES (2009)" (PDF). CBF (in Portuguese). ca. December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ "TRANSFERÊNCIAS PARA O EXTERIOR (2008)". CONFEDERAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE FUTEBOL (CBF) (in Portuguese). ca. January 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ↑ "Olympiakos contrata Leonardo, da Lusa". globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 26 January 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Leonardo vai para Grécia". Associação Portuguesa de Desportos (in Portuguese). 26 January 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Lateral Leonardo perto de acerto com o Inter". SC Internacional (in Portuguese). 24 June 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Thiago Humberto e Leonardo trabalharam nesta terça". SC Internacional (in Portuguese). 4 January 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Juliano signed (in Greek)". paok24.com. paok24.com. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "Seleção olímpica cai diante dos craques do Brasileirão". Gazeta Esportiva (in Portuguese) (Re-Published by Ultimo Segundo). 9 December 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  11. ↑ 2004 Serie B Match Report in Multi-page TIFF, CBF (Portuguese)
  12. ↑ 2005 Serie B Match Report in Multi-page TIFF, CBF (Portuguese)
  13. ↑ 2006 Serie B Match Report in Multi-page TIFF, CBF (Portuguese)
  14. ↑ 2007 Serie B Match Report in Multi-page TIFF, CBF (Portuguese)
  15. ↑ "2007 Campeonato Paulista Série A2: Artilharia". Federação Paulista de Futebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  16. ↑ "Lista dos inscritos na Libertadores 2011". SC Internacional (in Portuguese). 26 April 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

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