Place of birth Caminha, Portugal Name Leandro Pires Current team C.D. Aves 1995–1997 Ancora-Praia FC | 1994–1995 AC Caminha Height 1.78 m Number 14 Role Footballer | |
Full name Leandro Garcia Azevedo Pires Date of birth (1979-06-16) 16 June 1979 (age 36) | ||
Leandro Garcia Azevedo Pires (born 16 June 1979), is a retired Portuguese footballer and the acting manager of Vianense.
Career
Born in Caminha, Leandro, started is youth career at his hometown club, AC Caminha in 1994. A year later, he moved to rivals Âncora-Praia FC. He debuted as a professional in the fourth tier in 1997, he then passed through five other clubs, before arriving at C.D. Aves in 2005, at age 26.
On 21 August 2005, Leandro made his professional debut with DEsportivo de Aves in a 2004–05 Liga de Honra match against Leixões. In the following ten seasons, Leandro has made over 200 league appearances for Desportivo de Aves, ultimately being named team captain. He left Aves after ten seasons and subsequently joined Vianense, assuming the team managerial role on 23 December 2015.