Leozinho (footballer, born 1985)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Sales and the second or paternal family name is de Santana.
Leozinho
Personal information
Full name Leandro Sales de Santana
Date of birth (1985-12-12) 12 December 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth São Luís, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
0000–2005 Sport Recife
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Vasco da Gama 2 (0)
2006 Sport Recife 11 (0)
2006–2007 Treze 9 (4)
2007–2008 Olympiacos 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 12 (2)
2008 → OFI Crete (loan) 20 (6)
2008–2009 Apollon Kalamarias 26 (5)
2009–2011 Panserraikos 61 (17)
2011–2015 Kalloni 134 (35)
2015–2016 Denizlispor 13 (0)
2016–2017 Iraklis 37 (6)
2017–2019 AEL 29 (1)
2019–2020 Chania 7 (1)
2021 Vitória-PE 3 (1)
International career
2004 Brazil U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2020

Leandro Sales de Santana, better known as Leozinho (born 12 December 1985 in São Luís), is a retired Brazilian footballer[1] who plays as midfielder.[2]

Career

An attacking midfielder in a creative role, who can also play wider, Leozinho started his professional career with Brazilian club Vasco da Gama but failed to make an impact. He continued his career by returning to his youth club Sport Recife. After joining Treze, interest in him also came from Europe. In 2007, he joined Greek champions Olympiacos, though failing to make an appearance for the team, and was mostly sent away on loan. Since then he has played for seven different clubs, including German side Braunschweig, Greek clubs OFI, Apollon Pontou, Panserraikos, Kalloni, Iraklis, and Turkish side Denizlispor.

On 27 May 2017, Leozinho signed a two-year contract with AEL.[3] On 26 November 2017 he scored his first goal in a 3-1 away loss against Panetolikos.[4] On 21 December 2017 he sealed a 3-0 home win against Xanthi for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Greek Cup.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Leozinho". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Ανακοίνωσε Λεοζίνιο ο ΑΟ Χανιά Κισσαμικός". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Στην ΑΕΛ ο Λεοζίνιο". www.sport24.gr. 27 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Επιτέλους νίκη για τον Παναιτωλικό, 3-1 την ΑΕΛ". www.sport24.gr. 26 November 2017.
  5. ^ ""Πάρτι" στο χιόνι η ΑΕΛ, 3-0 την Ξάνθη!" (in Greek). Retrieved 21 December 2017.

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