Leomir Soares Cruz (born 7 April 1987), commonly known as Leomir, is a Brazilian
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Leomir's career all started with Criciúma in 2010, before a move to Moto Club. His third club was Ituano, he didn't make a league appearance but did play 12 times for the club in the
2011 Campeonato Paulista
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; a season in-which Ituano survived relegation on goal difference. One year later, Leomir made a move to Red Bull Brasil and then Mirassol, he made his debut for the latter on 1 July 2012 against
Arapongas
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in Série D. He went on to make 7 further league appearances in his first season with Mirassol, the following season saw Leomir make 16 appearances in the club's relegation campaign in the
2013 Campeonato Paulista
The 2013 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the Paulistão Chevrolet 2013 for sponsorship reasons ) was the 112th season of São Paulo's top professional football league.
It was won for the 2 ...
.
Shortly after the
state championship
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History
The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octob ...
season had ended Leomir left Mirassol to join Série C side
Mogi Mirim
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Mogi Mirim is around 65 km from Campinas, the biggest city in ...
. He made 12 appearances in Brazil's third tier before departing. After leaving Mogi Mirim, he signed for fellow Série C club
Botafogo
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, he played in 11 matches for Botafogo over the course of 2014 in three different competitions before moving clubs once again. Leomir's next club was Marília, he made 8 appearances for the club in
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 ...
before departing to make a move to
Toledo
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and subsequently moving outside of Brazil for the first time as he agreed to sign for
Albanian Superliga
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side Kukësi in 2015.
He participated in 15 matches between September and December for the
Kukës
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based club. January 2016 saw Leomir leave Kukësi and return to Brazil as he signed for
Campeonato Mineiro
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The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: befor ...
, he left and eventually completed a transfer to
São Paulo
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of Série D. Leomir joined Guarani ahead of the 2018 Campeonato Mineiro II campaign. He scored on his debut in a 0–2 win away to Ipatinga. Leomir subsequently scored four goals in twelve as Guarani won promotion to the Campeonato Mineiro after defeating
Uberaba
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on 21 April. On 5 May, Gurani won the Mineiro II title after defeating Tupynambás.
Three months later, in 2018, Leomir was on the move again as he signed for CRAC of the
Campeonato Goiano
The Campeonato Goiano is the football league of the state of Goiás, Brazil.
Format
First Division
First stage
*Teams are divided in two groups of six teams.
*Double round-robin, in which all teams home-and-away games against the team fro ...
lower leagues; his fourteenth senior club. They won the second tier title in September 2018, with Leomir netting two goals throughout the campaign. He rejoined Guarani in the following November ahead of the 2019 campaign. He subsequently featured nine times as they suffered relegation. Across the following twelve months, Leomir had spells with
Bagé
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(in Divisão de Acesso) and Jaraguá (in Campeonato Goiano).
2014
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;Guarani
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Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II
The Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II is the second tier of football league of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Participants
''2022 edition''
List of champions
Amateur era
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