Leonardo de Melo Vieira Leite (born 6 June 1986), commonly known as Leo Higuita, is a Brazilian born

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...

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who plays as a goalkeeper for

AFC Kairat AFC Kairat ( kk, Қайрат Алматы футзал клубы, ''Qaırat Almaty fýtzal klýby'') is a professional futsal club based in Almaty, the biggest city of Kazakhstan. The club was founded in 1995. Since 2012 the club has been one o ...

and the

Kazakhstan national futsal team The Kazakhstan national futsal team is controlled by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan, the governing body for futsal in Kazakhstan and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Champio ...

. His goalscoring ability led to his nickname of " Higuita".

Honours

UEFA Futsal Champions League The UEFA Futsal Champions League is an annual futsal competition for European club teams organized by UEFA. It was founded as the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2001 and replaced the Futsal European Clubs Championship, an unofficial competition held since 1984 ...

: 2012/13, 2014/15

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AFC Kairat profileFPF club profileThe Final Ball profile
1986 births Living people Futsal goalkeepers Brazilian men's futsal players Kazakhstani men's futsal players C.F. Os Belenenses futsal players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Brazilian emigrants to Kazakhstan Naturalised citizens of Kazakhstan Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Kazakhstan-footy-bio-stub