Leandro Netto de Macedo (born 7 May 1979) is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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Football career

Netto was born in

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. He began his senior career with

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and

Clube Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

in the Série A, and also played with

Madureira Esporte Clube Madureira Esporte Clube, usually abbreviated to Madureira, is a Brazilian football team based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the neighbourhood of Madureira. The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state fo ...

in the

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. With the exception of one year in

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in the First League of FR Yugoslavia, and a few months in Spain with Deportivo de La Coruña's reserves (loaned by Académica de Coimbra), Netto spent his first eight years as a professional in

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, representing five teams almost always in the

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. His only

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experience occurred in 2005–06, when he went scoreless for

Gil Vicente F.C. Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portugues ...

in a relegation-ending season, due to irregularities; in the 2006 January

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, he had already moved to

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. After one year in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

with Al-Karamah SC – which he helped win the double in 2007 – Netto played in his native Brazil, including a spell in the regional leagues, after which he settled in China with Henan Construction FC. He helped the newly promoted

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side to the third place in

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, and consistently ranked amongst the competition's top scorers in the following campaigns. In 2014, Netto returned to Brazil: after a brief spell with

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, he joined Série B club Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube. In 2016, he played for the second team of Henan Construction since January till September, and then in Outumn he played with

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in the

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.Leandro Netto
at Worldfoootball

Honours

;Al-Karamah * Syrian Premier League: 2006–07 * Syrian Cup: 2006–07 ;Brasiliense * Campeonato Brasiliense: 2008

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Netto, Leandro 1979 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Club Athletico Paranaense players Madureira Esporte Clube players Brasiliense Futebol Clube players Clube Atlético Metropolitano players Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players A.D. Ovarense players Gil Vicente F.C. players Leixões S.C. players C.D. Trofense players OFK Beograd players Al-Karamah players Chinese Super League players China League One players Henan Songshan Longmen F.C. players Hunan Billows players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Expatriate footballers in Syria Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate soccer players in the United States Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Boca Raton FC players Syrian Premier League players