Léo Itaperuna

Léo Itaperuna
Personal information
Full name Leonardo de Oliveira Clemente
Date of birth (1989-04-12) April 12, 1989
Place of birth Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Sion
Number TBA
Youth career
2006 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2011 Fluminense 10 (1)
2008 → Paulista (loan) 0 (0)
2009 → America-RJ (loan) 0 (0)
2010 → CRAC (loan) 0 (0)
2010 → Duque de Caxias (loan) 4 (0)
2011 → Cabofriense (loan) 10 (2)
2011 Anápolis 0 (0)
2011–2012 Arapongas 24 (10)
2012– Sion 64 (19)
2015 → Suwon Samsung Bluewings (loan) 11 (1)
2015 → Jiangxi Liansheng (loan) 13 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Leonardo de Oliveira Clemente or simply Léo Itaperuna (born April 12, 1989 in Itaperuna, state of Rio de Janeiro), is a Brazilian striker. He currently plays for Sion.

Historic and Actuality

Formed in Fluminense Leo made an immediate impact in Swiss Football after his arrival at Sion, scoring in every friendly game played by his team during the summer preparation. He is currently the top scorer of Swiss Super League with 5 goals in 7 games.

He was discovered in a small club in the interior of Brazil (Arapongas), seen by media and professionals in Swiss football as: "A strong talented striker, natural finisher." His speed and technique have surprised the football world along with his very strong physical abilities despite his relative small size and undeniable goal scoring skills.

Said about him

Laurent Fournier, his coach at Sion said of him in an interview: "He's really a refreshing and good surprise for us. Leo have all the kit of the modern perfect striker, he's never short on efforts for the team, fights on every ball, is Lethal on 1 v 1 and despite his short size for a No. 9 ( 1.73m), he jumps 70cm off the ground. For me, even more important than that in the modern game, he's humble and always starving for work, the key for any talented player to reach success. If he continues this way he will go very far."

His Representative, Rui Alves was quoted lately in an interview saying about: "Leo progressed in a exponential way in the past year. I've have been bluffed by the way he's adapting to Europe and with his progression all this pasts months. I truly believe that the kid will break through really fast in European football if he continues to be focus and committed like this. Switzerland is being the perfect adaptation championship for Leo. You will heard very highly about him very soon without a doubt, if he keeps with this kind of exigences and standards in his game, he's a very very good young man in and out the pitch what makes everything much more easy for him in all senses".

Leo is married to Paola with whom he moved from Rio de Janeiro to Sion.

Contract

He's tied to FC Sion until 2016 on an undisclosed deal.

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