Leonardo Pereira da Silva (13 June 1974 – 1 March 2016), simply known as Leonardo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a

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Career

He emerged as champion of Piauí in 1991, at Picos. Negotiated with Sport, he won the Pernambuco championship three times and the 1994 Copa do Nordeste. He was negotiated with Vasco and later with Corinthians and Palmeiras, but he did not take revenge. Upon his return to Sport, he established himself as the club's biggest star, winning the state championship once again three more times. In 1995 he was part of the Brazil under-20 team at the

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. For Sport Recife he had 367 appearances and scored 133 goals.

Honours

;Picos *

Campeonato Piauiense The Campeonato Piauiense is the football league of the state of Piauí, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and ...

: 1991 ;Sport *

Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano de Futebol (Pernambucan Football Championship, in English) is the football championship of Pernambuco state, Brazil, and is organized by the FPF. The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played in 1915, a ...

: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000 *

Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (''Northeastern Cup''), and sometimes informally referred as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Ch ...

: 1994, 2000 ;Brazil U20 *

: 1995 ;Individual *Campeonato Pernambucano top scorer: 1997, 1999, 2000

Death

Leonardo was hospitalized at Restauração Hospital, Recife, on 3 February 2016 after suffering from a seizure. After MRI examinations, a large brain lesion was revealed, caused by

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. On March 1, he died at the age of 41. His body was laid to rest at the Sport Recife headquarters.

References

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