Leandro Semedo (born 24 December 1994 in

Praia Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player for S.L. Benfica and the

Cape Verde men's national handball team The Cape Verde national handball team is the national handball team of Cape Verde. Cape Verde qualified for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship, 2021 World Championship after placing fifth in their first participation in the African Champi ...

Career

He made his competitive national debut on January 15, 2021, in the

2021 World Men's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January 2021. Starting with this edition, the World Championship was expanded from 24 teams to 32. I ...

against Hungary and lost 27–34.

References

1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Praia Cape Verdean male handball players FC Porto handball players CB Ademar León players S.L. Benfica handball players {{CapeVerde-sport-bio-stub