Leonardo Fabricio 'Léo' Soares da Costa (born March 3, 1986) is a Brazilian

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who plays for

Portuguesa Santista Portuguesa is a Portuguese, Catalan, and Spanish feminine adjective meaning "Portuguese". It may also refer to: Places *Portuguesa (state), one of the 23 states of Venezuela * Portuguesa (Rio de Janeiro), a neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...

as an

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Club career

Born in

São José dos Campos São José dos Campos (, meaning Saint Joseph of the Fields) is a major city and the seat of the Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the same name in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. One of the leading industrial and res ...

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 ...

, Léo Costa graduated with

Santo André Santo ('saint' in various languages) may refer to: People * Santo (given name) * Santo (surname) * El Santo, Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (1917–1984), Mexican wrestler and actor * Bob Santo or Santo, stage name of Ghanaian comedian John Evans Kwadwo ...

, being promoted to the main squad in 2007. In 2008, he was loaned to São Bernardo, and was subsequently released by his parent club in December of that year. In July 2009, after a short stint at

Paulista Paulista is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil, with a population of 334,376 as of 2020. It has the highest Human Development Index (HDI) of the Recife metropolitan area. It is the birthplace of footballer Rivaldo and is also famous for its beac ...

, Léo Costa moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Czech side

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

. He returned to his homeland in the following year, signing for

União São João União is the Portuguese word for Union. It may refer to: *the Brazilian federal government *União do Vegetal, a church known for its usage of Hoasca as tea * Brazilian frigate ''União'' (F45), a general-purpose ''Niterói'' class frigate launc ...

. In August 2010 Léo Costa moved to Linense, appearing with the club in

Copa Paulista The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

and

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. He later played for clubs mainly in his native state, representing

Itumbiara Itumbiara is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the extreme south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Its population in 2020 was of 105,809 in a total area of 2,461,3 km2 (2020). Itumbiara is one of the most prosperous cities in Goi� ...

, São Bernardo, Vila Nova, Rio Branco, Guarani and

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; with the latter he was the top scorer of

2014 Campeonato Paulista The 2014 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 (officially the 2014 Paulistão Chevrolet for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Format *In the first ...

, scoring nine goals. On 28 April 2014 Léo Costa signed for Série A's Vitória. He made his debut in the competition on 11 May, coming on as a second half substitute in a 1–1 away draw against fierce rivals

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

. On 16 September, after appearing in only five matches, Léo Costa rescinded his link with ''Leão'', and joined Portuguesa three days later.Lusa acerta com Léo Costa e André Astorga para a sequência da Série B (Portuguesa signs Léo Costa and André Astorga for the Série B's following)
Globo Esporte, 19 September 2014

References

External links

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Léo Costa
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Uruguayo Souza y brasileño Costa refuerzan al Oriente Petrolero de Azkargorta
wradio.com.co, 6 January 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Leo 1986 births Living people Footballers from São José dos Campos Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Czech First League players Indian Super League players Esporte Clube Santo André players São Bernardo Futebol Clube players Paulista Futebol Clube players União São João Esporte Clube players Clube Atlético Linense players Itumbiara Esporte Clube players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Rio Branco Esporte Clube players Guarani FC players Rio Claro Futebol Clube players Esporte Clube Vitória players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players FC Zbrojovka Brno players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players Mumbai City FC players Esporte Clube Pelotas players Figueirense FC players Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in India Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in India