Leandro Pires

Leandro Garcia Azevedo Pires (born 16 June 1979) is a Portuguese football coach and a former player. He is currently the manager of Desportivo Aves' U23 team.

Leandro Pires
Personal information
Full name Leandro Garcia Azevedo Pires
Date of birth (1979-06-16) 16 June 1979
Place of birth Caminha, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Desportivo Aves (U23 Manager)
Youth career
1994–1995 AC Caminha
1995–1997 Âncora-Praia FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997−1998 Âncora-Praia FC
1998−1999 Cerveira
1999−2001 Os Limianos
2001−2003 Vianense 34 (4)
2003−2004 Vilaverdense
2004−2005 Desportivo de Monção
2005−2015 Aves 223 (3)
2015−2016 Vianense 7 (0)
Teams managed
2016–2017 Vianense
2018 Cerveira
2018– Desportivo Aves (U23)
2019 Desportivo Aves (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[1] In the following ten seasons, Leandro has made over 200 league appearances for Desportivo de Aves, ultimately being named team captain.[2][3] He left Aves after ten seasons and subsequently joined Vianense, assuming the team managerial role on 23 December 2015.[3]

On 21 October 2019 he was appointed caretaker manager of Primeira Liga club Aves following the dismissal of Augusto Inácio.[4]

References
  1. "Leixões 2-1 Desp. Aves". ZeroZero. 3 September 2014.
  2. "Treinador e capitão do Aves reconhecem "mau jogo" da equipa" [Coach and captain of Desportivo de Aves acknowledged "bad game"]. Sapo Desporto (in Portuguese). 2 January 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. "Leandro Pires é o novo treinador do SC Vianense" [Leandro Pires is the new manager of SC Vianense]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 December 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. "AUGUSTO INÁCIO DEIXA O COMANDO TÉCNICO" (Press release) (in Portuguese). Aves. 21 October 2019.


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