0000–1998 Corinthians Number 16 Weight 75 kg | Name Leandro Almeida Height 1.75 m Role Hungarian footballer | |
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Full name Leandro Marcolini Pedroso de Almeida Date of birth (1982-03-19) 19 March 1982 (age 33) Place of birth Cornelio Procopio, Parana, Brazil Current teams Ferencvarosi TC (#16 / Defender), Hungary national football team (Defender, Midfielder) | ||
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Leandro Marcolini Pedroso de Almeida (born 19 March 1982), generally known as Leandro, is a Brazilian-born Hungarian footballer. He plays as a midfielder.
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Club career
He has also played for Brazilian clubs Londrina, Corinthians, Atlético Paranaense, and Hungarian clubs Debreceni VSC, Ferencváros, MTK, Haladás and Bük.
AC Omonia
In January 2010 he signed a contract with Cypriot side AC Omonia. He broke into the first team very quickly and he soon became a key player. He also won the Championship witb Omonoia. He scored at the Super Cup match to send the match to penalties and win another title with Omonia. At the end of the season Omonia won the Cup too with Leandro the hero for Omonia scoring at the extra time at semi-finals. For the 2011-2012 season he is named 3rd captain of Omonia for what he offered to the club, behind Constantinos Makrides and Christos Karipidis. During the 2011-2012 season, the Brazilian faced many injury problems and played poorly, resulting the raise of the issue of disengagement because of his injuries. Eventually, he stayed and participated in the preparation with no problems, and not only he won a position in the starting lineup but became captain of the team. Leandro became the leader of Omonia, and an example of consistency and professionalism.
International career
After residing in Hungary for 5 years since the age of 17, he became a naturalized citizen of Hungary. He has since played for Hungary. Leandro's début came on 1 June 2004, in a match against China.