Leandro Machado Nascimento (born 22 March 1976) is a Brazilian former

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who played as a striker. Other than in his own country, he competed professionally in Spain, Portugal, Ukraine, Mexico, Paraguay and South Korea. Machado was part of the Brazilian squad at the 1996 Gold Cup.

Club career

Born in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, Santa Catarina, Machado was just 18 when he made his Série A debut with

Sport Club Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonato ...

. After three seasons the 20-year-old moved abroad, signing with Spanish club

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for 700 million pesetas and first appearing in

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on 23 December 1996 when he came on as a second-half substitute for Goran Vlaović in a 3–0 home win over Hércules CF; during his only season he notably scored once against Atlético Madrid (4–1 away success) and twice against Athletic Bilbao (5–2, home), and his team eventually finished in tenth position. Machado netted ten times for Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1997–98, and the side ranked fourth in the Primeira Liga. On 30 November 1998 he returned to the Spanish top division, appearing rarely for

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

in a relegation-ending campaign. Subsequently, safe for three years at Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Machado rarely settled with a team, playing with Internacional, FC Dynamo Kyiv, C.D. Santa Clara,

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Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube (), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the ''Peixe'' (; "fish"), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a '' bairro'' in the city of Santos. It is also the team with the most goals i ...

and Club Olimpia. He revived his career in South Korea with

Ulsan Hyundai FC Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in ...

, scoring a career-best 13 goals in his first year and winning both the K League and the top scorer award in the process. Machado retired at the age of 32 after a spell with Sport Club do Recife, due to knee problems.

International career

Machado earned the first of his two

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for

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during the

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, needing only 11 minutes after replacing

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to score the final 4–1 in a group stage contest against

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International goals

(Brazil score listed first, score column indicates score after each Machado goal)

Honours

Club

;Internacional *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

: 1994 ;Flamengo * Campeonato Carioca: 1999, 2000, 2001 *

Copa Mercosur The Copa Mercosur (, pt, Copa Mercosul , "Mercosur Cup") was a football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by the traditional top clubs from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile. The competition was created by CONMEBOL to generate TV m ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Cup, is a football tournament organized annually since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions (1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its o ...

: 1999 *

Taça Rio Taça Rio, or Rio Trophy, is an annual Rio de Janeiro football tournament. It is the second stage competition of the Campeonato Carioca, the state football championship in Rio de Janeiro. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro ...

: 2000 ;Santos * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2004 ;Sport *

Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil ( en, Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de P ...

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* Campeonato Pernambucano: 2008 ;Dynamo Kyiv *

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...

: 2002–03 ;Ulsan Hyundai * K League: 2005

Country

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: 1995

Individual

* K League: Top Scorer 2005

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Machado, Leandro 1976 births Living people Footballers from Santa Catarina (state) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Sport Club Internacional players CR Flamengo footballers Santos FC players Sport Club do Recife players La Liga players Valencia CF players CD Tenerife players Primeira Liga players Sporting CP footballers C.D. Santa Clara players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players Liga MX players Querétaro F.C. footballers Paraguayan Primera División players Club Olimpia footballers K League 1 players Ulsan Hyundai FC players Brazil men's international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players People from Santo Amaro da Imperatriz