Leandro Lourenço Franco (born August 10, 1981 in
Pouso Alegre), commonly known as Lê, is a Brazilian
football
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forward.
Club career
After playing with
South American giants
Colo-Colo, he got offers to play in well known Mexican teams, such as
Cruz Azul. Then went on to play in
Super League Greece
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team
Atromitos Atromitos (Greek: Ατρόμητος, "fearless") may refer to:
* Atromitos F.C., a football team based in Peristeri, Athens, Greece
* Atromitos Piraeus, a football team based in Piraeus, Athens, Greece
* Atromitos Yeroskipou, a football team curr ...
. His team relegated to
Beta Ethniki
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, so he looked for new options. He finally got an offer to play for
Águila, one of the biggest clubs in
El Salvador
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and
Central America. In 2009, he signed a one-year contract with fellow Salvadorans
Luis Ángel Firpo. Then, in 2010 he moved back to his native Brazil to play with
Marília Atlético Clube only to join Sport Boys in Peru in 2011.
References
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1981 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players
Paulista Futebol Clube players
Rio Branco Sport Club players
Colo-Colo footballers
Guarani FC players
Atromitos F.C. players
C.D. Águila footballers
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers
Sporting Cristal footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador
Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
Men's association football midfielders
People from Pouso Alegre
Footballers from Minas Gerais
21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
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