Leonardo Peixoto Príncipe (born 13 August 1996), known as Léo Príncipe, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Amazonas.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Príncipe started his career when he was 13 years old at CFZ, a club originally created by former Brazilian football legend Zico. He departed the club and spent two years at

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, then another year at

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football t ...

. After that, he joined

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and won the 2014 U20 Campeonato Paulista, 2014 U20 Campeonato Brasileiro and the 2015 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, also being a runner up at the 2014 and 2016 editions.

Oeste (loan)

Príncipe was loaned to Oeste on 3 February for the remaining of the year as part of the squad for the

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and

2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Serie B of the Brazilian Championship 2016 was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the second division. It was contested by 20 clubs. The top four teams will were promoted to Série A in 2017 and the bottom four were relegat ...

. He made his professional debut as part of the starting team against Corinthians on 21 February. He participated in seven games during the team's campaign at the Campeonato Paulista and also on the debut at the Série B. He was called back by Corinthians on 15 May. After six months on loan with

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in France, he signed in January 2019 with Guarani again on loan for one year. In 2022, he had a stint with Bulgarian team

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, which at the time played in the country's third league.

Honours

Corinthians *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Principe, Leo 1996 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Men's association football fullbacks Brazilian men's footballers Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Le Havre AC players FC Krumovgrad players ND Primorje players Amazonas Futebol Clube players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Championnat National 2 players Slovenian Second League players