Leonardo "Léo" Silva Lelis (born 15 November 1993) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Indonesian club

Persebaya Surabaya Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Surabaya, East Java. It currently plays in the Liga 1, the top fl ...

Club career

Persiraja Banda Aceh

In June 2021, Léo Lelis moved to

Persiraja Banda Aceh Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Kuta Raja, commonly known as Persiraja, is an Indonesian football club based in Banda Aceh, Aceh. They currently compete in the Liga 2. They play their home matches either at Harapan Bangsa Stadium or H. Dimur ...

in the Indonesian Liga 1. He made his professional debut for the club, in a 2–1 loss against Bhayangkara on 29 August 2021. On 11 September 2021, he scored his first goal for Persiraja in a 3–2 win over

PSS Sleman Perserikatan Sepakbola Sleman ( 'Sleman Football Union'), or mostly known through its abbreviation PSS, is a professional football club based in Sleman Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The club competes in the Liga 1 , the top ...

, where he scored with a header in the 5th minute. He contributed with total 29 appearances and 2 goals during with Persiraja Banda Aceh for one season.

Persebaya Surabaya

Lelis was signed for

to play in Liga 1 in the

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season. He made his league debut on 14 August 2022 in a match against

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at the

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. On 1 October, Lelis scored his first league goal for Persebaya in a away win against Arema at the

Kanjuruhan Stadium Kanjuruhan Stadium (Indonesian: ''Stadion Kanjuruhan'') was a multi-purpose stadium in Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 42,449. It was the home ground of Arema, a football team in ...

. Until the end of the match, the score was 2–3 for Persebaya over Arema, but after the match ended, a tragedy appeared called

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, where the home fans rioted to the point of killing hundreds of victims. On 6 December, Lelis scored a brace for Persebaya in a 2–3 win against

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in the 12nd season of Liga 1.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lelis, Leo 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Fehérvár FC players Paulista Futebol Clube players FC Kamza players Valmiera FC players Persiraja Banda Aceh players Persebaya Surabaya players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Kategoria e Parë players Kategoria Superiore players Latvian Higher League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate footballers in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Albania Expatriate footballers in Latvia Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Association football central defenders