Leandro Rodrigues da Silva (born 3 December 1985), known as Leandro Love, is a Brazilian

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who plays for Rio Claro Futebol Clube - SP as a

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Club career

Born in

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, he started his career with Rio Preto. On 8 August 2006 he was signed by

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club Vissel Kobe. He played his only league match on 30 September 2006. In December 2006 he was signed by Amparo but he was loaned to Rio Branco (SP) in January 2007 for

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. He scored 4 goals in 17 games.

Melbourne Victory

On 3 July he was sold to Brasilis and loaned to

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club

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soon after, as the fourth and last foreigner. He played 15 A-League games and once in the

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; he was released on 30 June 2008.

Return to São Paulo state

In January 2009 he was loaned to

club Oeste. He scored one goal in eight appearances (only two in the starting linne-up). In May 2009 he left for

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for

2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B In 2009, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs from May 8 to November 29, 2009. Top four teams in the table would eventually qualify to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A to be cont ...

but wasreleased before round one. He then left for Série C side Criciúma. In December 2009 he was signed by Marília for 2010 Campeonato Paulista Série A2. He started all 19 matches and scored 12 goals, including 2

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. In June 2010, he signed a 1-year contract with Linense for

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and

2011 Campeonato Paulista The 2011 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2012 for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Santos won the title ...

. On 28 April 2011, he moved to

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club Portuguesa. In December 2015, the Tricordiano-MG hired Leandro Love for the 2016 season. Since then he has played for São Bento (SP), Treze FC, Rio Claro FC and CS Seriog-SE. At the 2019/2020 season, he played for CRD Libolo.

References

External links

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Melbourne Victory profile

CBF
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