Leandro Netto de Macedo

Leandro Netto de Macedo (born 7 May 1979), known as Netto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre forward.

Leandro Netto
Netto being presented by Hunan Billows
Personal information
Full name Leandro Netto de Macedo
Date of birth (1979-05-07) 7 May 1979
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Corinthians 3 (0)
1999 Atlético Paranaense 20 (4)
2000 Madureira [1] 0 (0)
2000–2002 Académica 39 (8)
2000 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 0 (0)
2002–2003 OFK Beograd 8 (1)
2003–2005 Ovarense 39 (11)
2005–2006 Gil Vicente 15 (0)
2006 Leixões 9 (2)
2006–2007 Trofense 26 (1)
2007 Al-Karamah
2008 Mesquita ? (7)
2008 Brasiliense 15 (1)
2009 Mesquita [2] 0 (0)
2009–2012 Henan Construction 101 (37)
2013 Hunan Billows 28 (14)
2014 Metropolitano 3 (1)
2014 Sampaio Corrêa 1 (0)
2015 Estanciano
2016 Henan Construction II
2016 Boca Raton
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2014

Football career

Netto was born in Rio de Janeiro. He began his senior career with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Clube Atlético Paranaense in the Série A, and also played with Madureira Esporte Clube in the Campeonato Carioca.

With the exception of one year in Serbia in the First League of FR Yugoslavia, and a few months in Spain with Deportivo de La Coruña's reserves (loaned by Académica de Coimbra), Netto spent his first eight years as a professional in Portugal, representing five teams almost always in the second division. His only Primeira Liga experience occurred in 2005–06, when he went scoreless for Gil Vicente F.C. in a relegation-ending season, due to irregularities; in the 2006 January transfer window, he had already moved to Leixões SC.

After one year in Syria with Al-Karamah SC – which he helped win the double in 2007 – Netto played in his native Brazil, including a spell in the regional leagues, after which he settled in China with Henan Construction FC. He helped the newly promoted Chinese Super League side to the third place in 2009, and consistently ranked amongst the competition's top scorers in the following campaigns.

In 2014, Netto returned to Brazil: after a brief spell with Clube Atlético Metropolitano, he joined Série B club Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube.[3]

In 2016, he played for the second team of Henan Construction since January till September, and then in Outumn he played with Boca Raton FC in the American Premier Soccer League.[4]

Honours
Al-Karamah
Brasiliense

References
  1. Note: The club did not compete at national level, only in Campeonato Carioca where he scored 2 goals in 9 games
  2. Note: The club did not compete at national level, 6/3 in C. Carioca
  3. Série B: Sampaio Corrêa acerta com Siloé, ex-atacante do Guarani (Série B: Sampaio Corrêa agrees to terms with Siloé, ex-Guarani forward); Futebol Interior, 18 September 2014 (in Portuguese)
  4. Leandro Netto at Worldfoootball
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