Place of birth Porto, Portugal Name Sergio Leite Playing position Role Footballer | 1989–1990 Lapa Height 1.8 m 1990–1998 Boavista Position Goalkeeper | |
Full name Sergio Barbosa Dias Leite Date of birth (1979-08-16) 16 August 1979 (age 36) | ||
Paulo s rgio leite fernandes entrevista o criminalista ant nio s rgio altieri de moraes pitombo
Sérgio Barbosa Dias Leite (born 16 August 1979 in Porto) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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Football career
After emerging from local Boavista FC's youth ranks, Leite found it hard to find a spot in the first team, barred by William Andem first then Ricardo. He went on to serve four loans in the second division, in representation of F.C. Maia, S.C. Espinho, F.C. Penafiel and Leça FC.
Definitely released in 2003, Leite then had two unassuming spells in England, first with Charlton Athletic which also loaned him to A.D. Ovarense back in his country, then with Hull City. With the latter until February 2006, he only had one Football League Cup appearance to his credit.
Leite spent 2006–07 with two Romanian clubs, appearing only once in Liga I with FC Vaslui, then spent the following season in Cyprus with lowly Atromitos Yeroskipou. In the 2008 summer he returned to Boavista, immersed in a deep financial crisis and now in the second level (soon to be third).
For the 2009–10 campaign, Leite moved sides again, joining Gondomar S.C. – also in division three – a club to which former Boavista chairman Valentim Loureiro also had connections. He left in June 2011 at the age of 32 and retired shortly after, subsequently working as a players' agent.