Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo

Sandro
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-10) 10 March 1987
Place of birth Rio Novo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Kitchee
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 CFZ do Rio 12 (6)
2008–2011 Citizen 51 (27)
2011–2012 Biu Chun Rangers 17 (12)
2012 Sun Pegasus 9 (6)
2013 Citizen 11 (7)
2013–2014 Yuen Long 13 (8)
2014–2015 Wong Tai Sin 16 (4)
2015– Kitchee 32 (25)
National team‡
2015– Hong Kong 12 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 May 2017

Alessandro Ferreira Leonardo (born 10 March 1987), commonly known as Sandro (Chinese: 辛祖), is a Hong Kong football player who currently play for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.

Career

Citizen

Sandro was sent off after a second bookable offence in the match against South China, when he pressured Zhang Chunhui to take his goal kick quickly and was considered by the referee to have obstructed the goalkeeper. Citizen lost the match 1:2.[1]

Sandro scored a hat-trick against Tai Po FC on 2 May 2009 to help the club win 4:1 and end the 2008–09 season in third place in the league.[2] On 25 October 2009, Sandro scored 5 goals for Citizen against Happy Valley at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, including a 50-yard lob.[3]

With Citizen, Sandro won the 2010–11 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield after defeating South China AA in the final on penalties. But his contract was not renewed by the club at the end of the season.

Biu Chun Rangers

Sandro joined Biu Chun Rangers for the 2011–12 season. He scored on his debut for the club in the 1–4 defeat away to TSW Pegasus. He scored again in the second game against his old club Citizen to tie the match 2–2.

Sun Pegasus

Sandro joined Sun Pegasus for an undisclosed fee before the start of 2012–13 season. However, he only scored 1 goal in 10 matches and was released by the club on 31 December 2012.[4]

Citizen

Sandro re-joined Citizen as a free transfer after he was released by Sun Pegasus.

Kitchee

On 15 July 2015, Sandro was formally signed as a Kitchee player.[5] There was controversy surrounding the move as he had signed a pre-contractual agreement with Eastern nine months prior. While Sandro claimed, through his lawyer's advice that the agreement was not legally binding, Eastern's Executive Director Peter Leung took league action after the Hong Kong Football Association was unable to resolve the situation.[6] Eventually the situation was resolved.

During the 2016–17 season, Sandro scored 21 goals on route to winning the Golden Boot. He was rewarded with a new contract on 11 July 2017.[7]

International career

Sandro was born and raised in Brazil, but became a naturalized Hong Kong citizen through residency. Sandro made his international debut and scored his first goal for Hong Kong against Myanmar on 7 November 2015.

International goals

Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first.[8]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 November 2015 Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong  Myanmar 4–0 5–0 Friendly
2. 1 September 2016 Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong  Cambodia 3–1 4–2 Friendly
3. 6 November 2016 Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong  Guam 2–0 3–2 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship qualification

Honours

Club

Citizen
Kitchee

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 快意空調甲組聯賽 公民摘球證亂判　南華贏得險 Apple Daily. 12 January 2009. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
  2. ↑ (in traditional Chinese (HK))公民奪聯賽季軍完美煞科 Wen Wei Po. 3 May 2009.
  3. ↑ bma甲組聯賽 港足哀歌　愉園普高被狂炒 Apple Daily. 26 October 2009. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
  4. ↑ "本地體壇 飛馬巴援 冇得留低". Metro Daily Hong Kong. 31 December 2012. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
  5. ↑ "梁子成被搶　辛祖鬧雙胞 東方發火轟南傑". Apple Daily. Retrieved 15 July 2015. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
  6. ↑ "東傑續激鬥 挖角挖出火 辛祖轉會鬧雙胞 梁守志：法庭見". Ming Pao. Retrieved 15 July 2015. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
  7. ↑ "辛祖棄外流續約傑志　期待向盧卡斯送助攻". HK01. Retrieved 11 July 2017. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
  8. ↑ "Sandro". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

External sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.