Leonardo de Oliveira Clemente (born April 12, 1989 in Itaperuna, state of Rio de Janeiro), or simply Léo Itaperuna, is a Brazilian striker who plays for FC Cascavel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo de Oliveira Clemente | ||
| Date of birth | April 12, 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Cascavel | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006 | Fluminense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Fluminense | 10 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Paulista (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | → America-RJ (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | → CRAC (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Duque de Caxias (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Cabofriense (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2011 | Anápolis | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Arapongas | 24 | (10) |
| 2012–2017 | Sion | 108 | (19) |
| 2015 | → Suwon Bluewings (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Jiangxi Liansheng (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2017 | Aarau | 10 | (1) |
| 2018 | São Bento | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | Paraná | 11 | (0) |
| 2018 | Vila Nova | 10 | (0) |
| 2019 | Sertãozinho | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Itaboraí | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | Concórdia | 0 | (0) |
| 2020– | FC Cascavel | 37 | (12) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:20, 9 May 2020 (UTC) | |||
Career
editClub career
editFormed in Fluminense, Leo made an immediate impact in Swiss Football after his arrival at Sion, scoring in every friendly game played by his team during the summer preparation.
He was discovered in a small club in the interior of Brazil (Arapongas), seen by media and professionals in Swiss football as: "A strong talented striker, natural finisher."[citation needed] His speed and technique had surprised the football world along with his very strong physical abilities despite his relative small size and undeniable goal scoring skills.
Laurent Fournier, his coach at Sion said of him in an interview: "He's really a refreshing and good surprise for us. Leo have all the kit of the modern perfect striker, he's never short on efforts for the team, fights on every ball, is Lethal on 1 v 1 and despite his short size for a No. 9 (1.73m), he jumps 70cm off the ground. For me, even more important than that in the modern game, he's humble and always starving for work, the key for any talented player to reach success. If he continues this way he will go very far."[citation needed]
His Representative, Rui Alves was quoted lately in an interview saying about: "Leo progressed in a exponential way in the past year. I've have been bluffed by the way he's adapting to Europe and with his progression all this pasts months. I truly believe that the kid will break through really fast in European football if he continues to be focus and committed like this. Switzerland is being the perfect adaptation championship for Leo. You will heard very highly about him very soon without a doubt, if he keeps with this kind of exigences and standards in his game, he's a very very good young man in and out the pitch what makes everything much more easy for him in all senses".[citation needed]
External links
edit- Léo Itaperuna – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Léo Itaperuna at Soccerway
- Guardian Stats Centre at the Wayback Machine (archived August 23, 2012)
- Léo Itaperuna at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Mais um título para a base at the Wayback Machine (archived October 8, 2007) (in Portuguese)
- romandie.com (in French)
- youtube.com (in French)