Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza
Leonardo Nascimento Lopes De Souza (born 28 May 1997), known as Léo Souza or simply Leonardo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker for Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Nascimento Lopes De Souza | ||
| Date of birth | 28 May 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Sorocaba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Urawa Red Diamonds | ||
| Number | 45 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Red Bull Brasil | ||
| 2012–2014 | Corinthians | ||
| 2015–2016 | Ituano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Ituano | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | Santos | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Rio Verde (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Gainare Tottori | 31 | (24) |
| 2019 | Albirex Niigata | 38 | (28) |
| 2020– | Urawa Red Diamonds | 24 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:13, 3 November 2020 (UTC) | |||
Career
Leonardo grew in the Santos youth ranks and then he was loaned to the B-team, where he scored three goals in 16 games.[1] Gainare Tottori wanted to scout him, so GM Masayuki Okano and returning Fernandinho went to Brazil to see with their own eyes the striker and another player, Vitor Gabriel. In January 2018, the Tottori-based club signed both class '97 for their incoming 2018 season.[2]
After a top-scorer season with Albirex Niigata, scoring 28 goals in the 2019 J2 League, the Brazilian striker signed for Urawa Red Diamonds in the J1 League.[3]
Urawa Red Diamonds
Leonardo made his debut for Urawa in the club's match against Vegalta Sendai in the 2020 J.League Cup group stage on 16 February 2020. He scored twice in the first-half as Urawa won 5–2.[4] He made his league debut five days later and scored the club's second goal of a 3–2 away victory at Shonan Bellmare.[5]
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ituano | 2015 | Paulista | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Santos | 2017 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Rio Verde (loan) | 2017 | Goiano | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Gainare Tottori | 2018 | J3 League | 31 | 24 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 24 | ||||
| Albirex Niigata | 2019 | J2 League | 38 | 28 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 28 | ||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2020 | J1 League | 24 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 26 | 13 | |||
| Career total | 93 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 117 | 68 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista
Honours
Individual
References
- "［移籍］ガイナーレ鳥取、名門サントスから期待の若手FW獲得！ さらなるブラジル人補強も……｜theWORLD（ザ・ワールド）｜世界中のサッカーを楽しもう！". www.theworldmagazine.jp. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- "レオナルド選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ". ガイナーレ鳥取 オフィシャルサイト. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- "レオナルド 選手 浦和レッズに完全移籍のお知らせ". Albirex (in Japanese). 25 December 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- "J.LEAGUE YBC Levain CUP GROUP STAGE 1st Sec". JLeague. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- "Shonan 2:3 Urawa". JLeague. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 273 out of 289)
- Leonardo at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J3
- https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=J2
External links
- Leonardo at J.League (in Japanese)
- Profile at J. League
- Profile at Gainare Tottori