Leandro Pereira

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Leandro Pereira
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Personal information
Full name Leandro Marcos Pereira
Date of birth (1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Araçatuba, Brazil
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Club Brugge
Number 17
Youth career
Ferroviária
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Ferroviária
2012 Mogi Mirim (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2014 Cianorte 0 (0)
2013 Capivariano (loan) 18 (3)
2013 Icasa (loan) 18 (4)
2014 Portuguesa (loan) 0 (0)
2014 Chapecoense (loan) 24 (10)
2015 Palmeiras 11 (6)
2015- Club Brugge 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2015

Leandro Marcos Pereira (born 13 July 1991), known as Leandro Pereira or simply Leandro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Club Brugge as a forward.

Career

Born in Araçatuba, Leandro began his career on Ferroviária, making his senior debuts in 2011. In the following year he signed with Mogi Mirim,[1] and went on to appear twice in that year's Campeonato Paulista. In December 2012 he signed with Capivariano,[2] but left the club in May of the following year, joining Icasa.[3]

In January 2014 Leandro signed a short-term contract with Portuguesa.[4] On 1 April, after appearing regularly with Lusa, he moved to Chapecoense, freshly promoted to Série A.[5]

Leandro made his top level debut on 27 April, starting in a 1–2 away loss against Sport Recife.[6] He scored his first goal in the competition on 25 September, netting the last of a 3–0 home win against Atlético-PR.[7]

Leandro finished the campaign with 10 goals, netting all of them in the last four months of the competition. On 19 December 2014, after being linked to Corinthians, he signed a five-year deal with fierce rivals Palmeiras.[8]

In August 2015 Leandro signed with Belgian giants Club Brugge on a three-year deal, with an option to extend a year.[9]

References

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External links

  1. Leandro Banana explica origem do apelido incomum (Leandro Banana explains unusual nickname's origin); Futebol Interior, 3 January 2012 (Portuguese)
  2. A2: Capivariano acerta com atacante dispensado pela Ferroviária (A2: Capivariano signs with forward released from Ferroviária); Sim! News, 22 December 2012 (Portuguese)
  3. Icasa acerta com mais quatro reforços para a Série B (Icasa completes four more signings for Série B); Tribuna do Ceará, 9 May 2013 (Portuguese)
  4. Portuguesa apresenta novos reforços para a temporada de 2014 (Portuguesa presents new reinforcements for 2014 season); Portuguesa's official website, 17 January 2014 (Portuguese)
  5. Chapecoense contrata atacante Leandro (Chapecoense signs forward Leandro); Diário Catarinense, 1 April 2014 (Portuguese)
  6. Sport mantém embalo do título estadual e bate a Chapecoense (Sport keeps state championship run going and defeats Chapecoense); Globo Esporte, 27 April 2014 (Portuguese)
  7. Chape aproveita a bola aérea, faz 3 a 0 e aumenta crise do Atlético-PR (Chape takes advantage of the aerial play, scores 3–0 and worsen Atlético-PR's crisis); Globo Esporte, 25 September 2014 (Portuguese)
  8. Após superar rival, Palmeiras fecha com o atacante Leandro, da Chape (After overcoming rival, Palmeiras signs with forward Leandro, from Chape); Globo Esporte, 19 December 2014 (Portuguese)
  9. Club Brugge have signed Pereira, Agu and Vossen; Club Brugge, 31 September 2015