Leandro Morante (born 18 April 1997) is a French professional

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who plays as a defender for club FBBP01.

Career

Morante signed with

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after almost enrolling in an American university.Morante, l’anonyme veut se faire un nom à la Berrichonne
lanouvellerepublique.fr He transferred to

Châteauroux Châteauroux (; ; oc, Chasteurós) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French. Climate Ch ...

, and made his professional debut with them in a 1–1

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tie with

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on 17 October 2020. On 19 July 2022, Morante signed with FBBP01.

Personal life

Morante was born in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

, France to a Spanish father and Senegalese mother.

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