Full name Leonardo Pereira Playing position Years Team Weight 76 kg Position Defender | Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil 2010–2014 Atlético Paranaense Height 1.86 m Current team Clube Atlético Paranaense | |
Date of birth (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 21) | ||
Leonardo "Léo" Pereira (born 31 January 1996) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Orlando City B in the United Soccer League on loan from Atlético Paranaense in Série A.
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Club career
Born in Curitiba, Paraná, Léo Pereira finished his formation with Atlético Paranaense. He made his Série A debut on 3 May 2014, replacing Marcos Guilherme in a 2–3 home loss against Cruzeiro. He went on to make a further thirteen league appearances in 2014 before joining Guaratinguetá of Série C on loan in August 2015 where he made eight appearances before returning to Paranaense in October 2015.
International career
Pereira has made twelve appearances across two age levels for the Brazilian national team. He received his first call up to the U17s when he was selected for the 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship in April. He made two appearances in Argentina against Peru and Venezuela. His final U17 caps came in October and November when he was called up for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The first coming in the Group Stage against Honduras and the second in a quarter-final penalty shoot-out defeat to Mexico in which Pereira scored a spot-kick in the shoot-out.
Two years later Pereira appeared in five of Brazil's 2015 South American Youth Football Championship matches, with two caps coming against Colombia and the other three coming against Uruguay, Paraguay and Peru who he also scored against. Later that year he played in three of Brazil's 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup matches. The first two came in the Group Stage against Hungary and North Korea, he scored a goal against the latter, and his last U20 World Cup cap was versus Senegal in a 5–0 semi-final win. Brazil subsequently made it to the final which they lost to Serbia, Pereira was an unused substitute.
Career statistics
As of match played 27 September 2015.
