Laionel Silva Ramalho (born 27 April 1986), known simply as Laionel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Laionel Silva Ramalho | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Campos Belos, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Portuguesa Santista | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Vila Nova | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Grêmio Inhumense | ||
| 2007–2008 | → Boavista (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | → Salamanca (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Académica (loan) | 26 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Gil Vicente | 14 | (2) |
| 2012 | Astra Ploiești | 10 | (1) |
| 2012 | Remo | 5 | (0) |
| 2013 | Gama | ||
| 2013 | Rio Verde | 4 | (2) |
| 2013 | Guarani | 13 | (4) |
| 2014 | Volta Redonda | 15 | (0) |
| 2014 | CEOV | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | Grêmio Anápolis | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | Palmas | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | CEOV | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | Luziânia | 4 | (1) |
| 2017 | Cascavel | 9 | (0) |
| 2017 | Villa Nova | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | Anápolis | 13 | (1) |
| 2018– | Portuguesa Santista | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2019 | |||
Club career
editBorn in Campos Belos, Goiás, Laionel started playing football with two local clubs, lowly Vila Nova Futebol Clube and Grêmio Esportivo Inhumense. In the middle of 2007, he moved to Portugal with Boavista FC.
After Boavista's demotion due to irregularities, Laionel stayed in the country, signing with another modest side in the Primeira Liga, Vitória de Setúbal, for the 2008–09 campaign. Again, he struggled to find the net even though he received a fair amount of playing time, but his team avoided a drop this time.
Laionel was loaned to Spain's UD Salamanca in summer 2009, with the Segunda División club retaining a €175.000 buying option at the season's close.[1] As the Castile and León team barely avoided relegation he did not manage to score in the league, appearing in less than half of the matches.
In early July 2010, Laionel returned to Portugal, being loaned to Académica de Coimbra from Grémio Anápolis (formerly Inhumense), in a season-long move.[2] On 15 August he scored his first official goal in more than one year, netting from 35 metres in the 93rd minute to help shock-defeat title holders S.L. Benfica 2–1 away from home.[3]
On 11 July 2011, Laionel moved to freshly promoted club Gil Vicente F.C. after his contract with Grêmio expired. On 12 August, in the campaign opener, again he stripped Benfica of points, scoring once to help the Barcelos team come from behind 0–2 to earn a point at home;[4] in late January 2012, however, he signed for FC Astra Ploiești in Romania.[5]
References
edit- ^ "El Salamanca ficha a Goikoetxea y Da Silva" [Salamanca sign Goikoetxea and Da Silva]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 7 July 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Carreño e Laionel para o ataque" [Carreño and Laionel for the offense]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ "Last-gasp wonder goal sinks Benfica at the Luz". PortuGOAL. 15 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ Gil Vicente 2–2 Benfica Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine; PortuGOAL, 12 August 2011
- ^ "Brazilianul Laionel, noul nostru Strătilă!" [Brazilian Laionel, our new strategist!] (in Romanian). FC Astra Ploiesti. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
