Leonardo de Oliveira Clemente (born April 12, 1989 in

Itaperuna Itaperuna () is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It had a population of 103,800 in 2020, and has an area of 1.105,3 km2. History Itaperuna was founded in 1889, after being separated from the municipality of Campos do ...

, state of

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

), or simply Léo Itaperuna, is a Brazilian striker who plays for

FC Cascavel Futebol Clube Cascavel, more commonly referred to as FC Cascavel, is a Brazilian professional association football club in Cascavel, Paraná which currently plays in Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonat ...

Career

Club career

Formed in

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, th ...

, Leo made an immediate impact in Swiss Football after his arrival at Sion, scoring in every friendly game played by his team during the summer preparation. He was discovered in a small club in the interior of Brazil (Arapongas), seen by media and professionals in Swiss football as: "A strong talented striker, natural finisher." His speed and technique had surprised the football world along with his very strong physical abilities despite his relative small size and undeniable goal scoring skills.

Laurent Fournier Laurent Fournier (born 14 September 1964) is a French former professional footballer. Managerial career Fournier retired in 1998, immediately becoming manager of his final club SC Bastia in Ligue 1. He was fired in April 1999, and his next jobs ...

, his coach at Sion said of him in an interview: "He's really a refreshing and good surprise for us. Leo have all the kit of the modern perfect striker, he's never short on efforts for the team, fights on every ball, is Lethal on 1 v 1 and despite his short size for a No. 9 (1.73m), he jumps 70cm off the ground. For me, even more important than that in the modern game, he's humble and always starving for work, the key for any talented player to reach success. If he continues this way he will go very far." His Representative, Rui Alves was quoted lately in an interview saying about: "Leo progressed in a exponential way in the past year. I've have been bluffed by the way he's adapting to Europe and with his progression all this pasts months. I truly believe that the kid will break through really fast in European football if he continues to be focus and committed like this. Switzerland is being the perfect adaptation championship for Leo. You will heard very highly about him very soon without a doubt, if he keeps with this kind of exigences and standards in his game, he's a very very good young man in and out the pitch what makes everything much more easy for him in all senses".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Itaperuna, Leo 1989 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Fluminense FC players Paulista Futebol Clube players America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players Clube Recreativo e Atlético Catalano players Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube players Associação Desportiva Cabofriense players FC Sion players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players Jiangxi Lushan F.C. players FC Aarau players Itaperuna Esporte Clube players Anápolis Futebol Clube players Esporte Clube São Bento players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Paraná Clube players Sertãozinho Futebol Clube players Associação Desportiva Itaboraí players Concórdia Atlético Clube players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players China League One players K League 1 players Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China People from Itaperuna Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state)