Leonardo "Léo" Henrique Veloso (born May 29, 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Henrique Veloso | ||
| Date of birth | May 29, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Pedro Leopoldo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Atlético Mineiro | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Willem II | 40 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | CFR Cluj | 20 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Chornomorets Odesa | 7 | (1) |
| 2014 | Goiás | 11 | (0) |
| 2015 | Santa Cruz | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | São Bernardo | 6 | (0) |
| 2017 | Ferroviária | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 93 | (1) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:23, 20 April 2019 (UTC) | |||
Career
editVeloso was born in Pedro Leopoldo. During his youth, he played for Atlético Mineiro in Belo Horizonte. His prosperous background gave him quite a wealthy youth. After playing a few years in the Atlético Mineiro reserve squad, he moved to the Netherlands with his wife Bruna Cypriano Veloso in January 2008. He signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Willem II Tilburg. For the first half a year, he did not play for the senior squad because he had adaptation problems. He made his professional debut on August 30, 2008 in a 2–1 home win against Ajax.
In February 2010, he signed with Romanian side CFR Cluj. In January 2012, he joined Ukrainian side Chornomorets.
Honours
editPlayer
editCFR Cluj
References
editExternal links
edit- Profile at the Brazilian Football Confederation's page (in Portuguese)
- Léo Veloso at Soccerway
- Léo Veloso at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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