Leonardo Mendonça da Rosa (born 21 May 1987), commonly known as Leo Jaraguá or just Leo, is a Brazilian born
Kazakhstan
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who plays for
Sporting CP and the
Kazakhstani national futsal team as a defender and winger.
Career
Leo started his career in his hometown team and Brazilian powerhouse,
Jaraguá, followed by short stints at
Tubarão, and
Foz Futsal.
In 2009 he was invited by a friend to play for
Kairat Almaty in
Kazakhstan
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where he played for eight seasons, winning two
UEFA Futsal Cup
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s at the club. After having previously spent one season on loan from
Kairat Almaty at
Sporting CP Leo made a permanent move to the team in the summer of 2018.
Personal life
He is the older brother of
Daniel Rosa, a
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 ...
player
Player may refer to:
Role or adjective
* Player (game), a participant in a game or sport
** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games
** Athlete, a player in sports
** Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who is ...
who played alongside Leo at
Kairat Almaty in the 2017/18 season.
References
External links
FPF club profile
1987 births
Living people
Futsal defenders
Futsal forwards
Kazakhstani men's futsal players
Brazilian men's futsal players
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Brazilian emigrants to Kazakhstan
Naturalised citizens of Kazakhstan
Sporting CP futsal players
People from Jaraguá do Sul
Sportspeople from Santa Catarina (state)
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