Leandro da Silva (born 22 September 1988) is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for Betim.

Club career

Born in

Sorocaba Sorocaba () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the eighth-largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, São José dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto. It ...

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, Leandro graduated from São Caetano's youth setup, but made his senior debuts with hometown's

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in 2008, aged 19. On 14 July 2011 he signed a short-term deal with Santos. Leandro played his first match as a professional on 7 August 2011, starting and being booked in a 1–0 home win against

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for the Série A championship. However, he only appeared in four matches during the campaign, and was subsequently released. In January 2012 Leandro joined

Guaratinguetá Guaratinguetá is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 122,505 (2020 est.) in an area of 752.64 km2. It is located in the region of ...

. After being used mostly as a backup during that year's

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...

, he was an undisputed starter during the Série B season, appearing in 30 matches and scoring once. On 20 December 2012 Leandro moved to Ituano, appearing regularly in the state leagues. On 9 May 2013 he was presented at

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. On 20 January 2014 Leandro signed for

Figueirense Figueirense Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Figueirense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina founded on 12 June 1921. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian ...

. Initially as a backup, he appeared in all state league matches, and was an undisputed starter for the side during the campaign.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Leandro 1988 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Santos FC players Guaratinguetá Futebol players Ituano FC players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Figueirense FC players Avaí FC players Ceará Sporting Club players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Paysandu Sport Club players Esporte Clube Água Santa players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players Sportspeople from Sorocaba Footballers from São Paulo (state) Betim Futebol players